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Carlos Chávez photographed by Carl Van Vechten (1937) Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures.
Carlos Gomes The most representative composer of Brazilian romanticism, Carlos Gomes (1836–1896) used several references from the country's folk music and traditional themes, chiefly in his opera Il Guarany (1870). Chiquinha Gonzaga Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935) was a Brazilian composer, pianist, and the first woman conductor in Brazil.
SATB chorus, oboe, and English horn; also arranged for unaccompanied chorus 1932: String Quartet No. 2: chamber 1932: Antígona (incidental music for the play by Sophocles in Jean Cocteau's translation) Incidental music 1932: Todo (R. López Velarde, published together with North Carolina Blues as Dos canciones) mezzo-soprano or barítone and ...
Southern Mexico, including states like Oaxaca and Chiapas, has a strong indigenous influence, with tropical cuisine featuring cochinita pibil and mole de olla, and lush landscapes. The Yucatán Peninsula is known for seafood dishes, achiote-based cuisine, and Mayan heritage, with a tropical climate and distinct music.
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He was a member of the Revueltas Sánchez family, a number of whom were also famous and recognized in Mexico: his brother Fermín (1901–1935) and sister Consuelo (born before 1908, died before 1999) were painters, sister Rosaura (ca. 1909–1996) was an actress and dancer, and younger brother José Revueltas (1914–1976) was a noted writer ...
Soli I was composed in March 1933 on a commission from the League of Composers, in celebration of their tenth anniversary. [5] [6] Chávez gave it the title Soli because in each of its four movements one of the instruments assumes a concertante role, playing a main part or "solo", but without relegating its companions to a secondary level of simple accompaniment.
The Visitors is an opera in three acts and a prologue composed by Carlos Chávez to an English-language libretto by the American poet Chester Kallman. The work was Chávez's only opera. [ 1 ] Its first version, with the title Panfilo and Lauretta , premiered in New York City in 1957.