Legacy
When touring Europe with his music he said, "I don't use folklore, I am the folklore." (Eu sou o folclore) and "I have not come to learn, I have come to show what I have made up to now." (Ich bin nicht gekommen, um zu lernen, sondern um zu zeigen, was ich bisher gemacht habe.) showing that he was quite aware of his unique position among classical composers, and he made good use of his origins to publicise his own works.
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