On the birthday of Heitor Villa-Lobos, here’s a documentary about Brazil’s most celebrated composer. Of course, most of it’s in Portuguese, but there are plenty of candid stills and footage and examples of his music, and Arthur Rubinstein speaks French.

A few bonuses:

Villa-Lobos plays Villa-Lobos

Andrés Segovia (at 93)

Julian Bream

Arthur Rubinstein

Nelson Freire

Leonard Bernstein talks Villa-Lobos

Conducting Villa-Lobos’ greatest hit, the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Joan Baez gives it a whirl

The classic recording with Victoria de los Angeles and the composer conducting

Bernstein conducts “The Little Train of Caipira,” from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2

The José Limón Dance Company performs “The Emperor Jones”

Folkloric rainforest piece, “Uirapuru,” named for a Brazilian bird

Feliz Aniversário, Heitor Villa-Lobos!