The work is a portrait of janitzio island in lake patzcuaro, mexico. Silvestre revueltas bio, albums, pictures naxos classical. Silvestre revueltas sanchez december 31, 1899 october 5, 1940 was a mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor. The poem evokes a ritual afrocaribbean chant performed while killing a snake. Jun 19, 2015 silvestre revueltas sanchez december 31, 1899 october 5, 1940 was a mexican composer, violinist and conductor. This cd is different because it displays some of his smaller scale, lesser known pieces. Armonia y analisis musical silvestre revueltas 1899 1940. It is notable for its rhythmic complexity and for its incorporation of latin american folk percussion instruments as part of the orchestra. Revueltas two major works are sensemaya and the night of the mayas. Since this work was first published after 1924 with the prescribed notice. Janitzio is a symphonic poem by the mexican composer silvestre revueltas, composed in 1933 and revised in 1936.
He was born in santiago papasquiaro in durango, and studied at the national conservatory in. Ebony band werner herbersconductor juan carlos tajes. Silvestre revueltas 1899 1940 born on the last day of 1899, in santiago papasquiaro, durango, a small town in the north of mexico, as a child, silvestre revueltas showed great interest in music, his early artistic bent apparent by 1906. The recent public diffusion of the chamber orchestra version of silvestre revueltas sensemaya 1937 allows a comparative study with the final and wellknown full orchestra version.
He was born in santiago papasquiaro in durango, and studied at the national conservatory in mexico city, st edward college in austin, texas and. The music of silvestre revueltas sensemaya and night. His rhythmic and sometimes dissonant style draws from mexican folk music, considered by some to be a mexican bela bartok. Colegio silvestre revueltas 19pjn0631x mejora tu escuela.
The task of preparing an orchestral suite from the film music fell to revueltass compatriot jose ives. The night of the mayas symphonic suite by mexican composer silvestre revueltas, composed for a film of the same name in 1939. Feb 25, 20 hobart earle conducts the odessa philharmonic orchestra in a performance of sensemaya in the odessa opera house july 2012. Silvestre revueltas sanchez december 31, 1899 october 5, 1940 was a mexican composer, violinist and conductor. Tone poem 1937 the new york philharmonic conducted by. The earliest chicago residence i could find for the revueltas brothers turned up in the 1920 census report of the albert stein familys rooming house at 102 east oak street between rush street and michigan avenue. Revueltas is rightfully being recorded more and more frequently these days, and this recording is an excellent account of his work. Mexican composer silvestre revueltas music the guardian. This text applies diverse instruments of analysis that coincide in approaching the piece as a polytonal work of great complexity, which shows the qualities of.
Revueltas was born in santiago papasquiaro in durango, and studied at the national conservatory in mexico city, st. Sensemaya silvestre revueltas i present here this master piece called sensemaya or how to kill a snake, a poem by the cuban nicolas guillen. Carlos chavez y silvestre revueltas, yael bitran y ricardo miranda, editores, rios y raices, mexico, 2002, pp. Orchestra sheet music book by silvestre revueltas 18991940. The music by silvestre revueltas, a great mexican composer is programmatic in the sense that it follows the poem verse by verse. It is unfortunate that revueltas died in poverty of pneumonia at the age of 40. Huapango hrsinfonieorchester carlos miguel prieto duration. Sensemaya 1938 of mexican composer silvestre revueltas is a dance of archaic nature rooted in primitivism. Up until now, most of revueltas recordings have featured his large orchestral works. Access article in pdf revueltas, the chicago years robert parker.
Silvestre revueltas may be one of latin americas greatest composers, but hes virtually unknown elsewhere. Silvestre revueltas sensemaya 1937 fur 2 klaviere zu 8. Aug 01, 2002 silvestre revueltas may be one of latin americas greatest composers, but hes virtually unknown elsewhere. I came to chicago in march 2003 to look for previously undiscovered threads of revueltas lore that could be woven into the narrative of his life in that city between 1919 and 1925. Revueltass most famous and most frequently performed work for small ensemble, homenaje a garcia lorca, is new in the sense that a newly discovered score was used, considered to be revueltass final fair copy version. Silvestre revueltas wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Sensemaya, tone poem by mexican composer silvestre revueltas that premiered in mexico city in december 1938. Silvestre revueltas sensemaya is a poem by cuban poet nicolas guillen. Silvestre revueltas sensemaya 1937 bernstein youtube. Edwards university in austin, texas, and the chicago college of music.
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