Silvestre Revueltas

Poems by A. Trueba and F. Garcia Lorca

Piccolo, clarinet in Eb, 2 trumpets in C, trombone, tuba, - piano, 2 violins, double bass

In 1933 Revueltas composed his brief symphonic poem "Janitzio" named after an island in Lake Patzcuaro, in the state of Michoacán, west of Mexico City, whose population had derived its income largely...

Sensemayß (1938) of Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas is a dance of archaic nature rooted in primitivism. It is a kind of Latin Rite of Spring, full of the mythological dances of the Mayas and the...

Sensemayá (1938) of Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas is a dance of archaic nature rooted in primitivism. It is a kind of Latin Rite of Spring, full of the mythological dances of the Mayas and the...

Revueltas composed his score for Chano Urueta's film La noche de los mayas ("The Night of the Mayas") in 1939. It was edited to a concert suite by Ives Limantours some twenty years after the composer'...

In 1933 Revueltas composed his brief symphonic poem 'Janitzio' named after an island in Lake Patzcuaro, in the state of Michoacßn, west of Mexico City, whose population had derived its income largely...

Although some of Revueltas's music might hint at somber, ancient Indian rites (Noche de los Mayas and Sensemaya) or paint austere landscapes (Planos and Itinerarios), Caminos (1937) is one of Revuelta...

Although some of Revueltas's music might hint at somber, ancient Indian rites (Noche de los Mayas and Sensemaya) or paint austere landscapes (Planos and Itinerarios), Caminos (1937) is one of Revuelta...

Piccolo, Oboe, Trumpet, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone

Piccolo, Oboe, Trumpet, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone

Poems by A. Trueba and F. Garcia Lorca

Silvestre Revueltas' 'Sensemaya' was written in 1937 for chamber orchestra; one year later, the composer transcribed it for a huge orchestra of twenty-seven wind instruments, fourteen percussion instr...

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