# Prelude No. 1

_by [[Resources/history/people/Heitor Villa-Lobos]]_

The piece is subtitled "Melodia lírica" (Lyrical Melody), is in E minor, marked "Andantino espressivo", and is the first of the Five Preludes, written in 1940. The others are in E major, A minor, E minor, and D major. It was first performed, together with its four companions, by Abel Carlevaro in Montevideo on 11 December 1942.

[Notes (pdf)](prelude-no-1-in-e-minor-villa-607f693c19d8b.pdf)