The Complete Symphonies
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Title:
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The Complete Symphonies |
Otros títulos:
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Las Sinfonías Completas |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Carlos Chavez; London Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata |
Código CDU:
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Cha.01 |
Forma Musical:
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Symphonies |
Abstract:
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Carlos Chávez was probably the most important Mexican composer of the twentieth century. Known for his seven symphonies, the ballets La hija de Colquide (The Dark Meadow), and Toxcatl—which uses his popular 1947 Toccata for percussion—his concertos for piano and violin (one each) and the four Soli (the third for orchestra and soloists and the others for winds), he was a composer who generally did not follow trends and fared better in purely orchestral or instrumental music. While Chávez's style is sometimes not recognizable as Latin, as it can often sound Stravinskyan and neo-Classical, folk elements of Aztec and Mexican music rarely stay dormant for long, with their colorful rhythms, exotic percussion and characterful themes. Chávez also wrote two books, one of which was the influential Toward a New Music: Music and Electricity, from 1932.
Chávez's father died when he was three, but he and his five other siblings were generally well cared for by their mother, who was a school teacher. ... |
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