Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Carlos Chávez (1899-1978)
Bio
Chávez was the founder and first director of the Mexican Symphony Orchestra. He was born in Mexico City and quickly demonstrated a knack for music and cultural observation. He wrote for El Universal a Mexico City newspaper for over 30 years while composing Mexican nationalistic music. He directed efforts to establish catalogs of indigenous Mexican music, briefly as the head of Mexico's National Conservatory of Music, and traveled as a guest conductor around Mexico and the United States.
Music
Symphony No. 2
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Valses of Carlos Chavez
Piano Sonata No. 2
String Quartet No. 3
4 Etudes for Piano
Paisajes Mexicanos
Trombone Concerto
Sinfonía de Antígona
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