| Symphony No. 7 | |
| Subtitle: | Odisséia da paz |
| Composer: | Heitor Villa-Lobos |
| Translation: | Peace Odyssey |
| Catalogue: | W458 |
| Duration: | 30 min. |
| Movements: | 4 |
| Publisher: | Ricordi / Belwin Mills |
| Premiere Location: | London |
| Premiere Conductor: | Heitor Villa-Lobos |
| Premiere Performers: | London Symphony Orchestra |
Symphony No. 7, Odisséia da paz (Peace Odyssey) is a composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1945. A performance lasts about 30 minutes.
Villa-Lobos composed his Seventh Symphony in Rio de Janeiro in 1945 for a competition in Detroit. As required by the rules of the competition, it was submitted anonymously, using the pseudonym A. Caramurú. It was not awarded a prize in the competition. It was first performed in London on 27 March 1949 by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.
The symphony, written shortly after the surrender of Germany on 7 May 1945, is subtitled "Odisséia da paz" (Peace Odyssey). The second edition of the official Villa-Lobos catalogue, however, at one place gives "Odisséia de uma raça" (the title of an unrelated symphonic poem from 1953), together with a short programmatic description:
The symphony is written for an orchestra consisting of 2 piccolos, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, cor anglais, 3 clarinets, 2 bass clarinets, 3 bassoons, 2 contrabassoons, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, tam-tam, cymbals, triangle, pandeira, chocalho, glockenspiel, reco reco, side drum, large snare drum, bass drum, Novachord, xylophone, vibraphone, celesta, 2 harps, piano, and strings.
The symphony has four movements: