The antifascist commitments of the mexican composer silvestre revueltas 1899. Edward college a austin, texas i al chicago college of music. The spanish civil war in the work of silvestre revueltas. Silvestre revueltas by alan navarro martinez on prezi. Silvestre revueltas, mexican composer, teacher, and violinist, best known for his colourfully orchestrated music of distinctive rhythmic vitality. The table below gives the following information for works by silvestre revueltas where applicable. He was a composer, known for sin city 2005, the black beast 1939 and mala yerba 1940. The musical content is perhaps best summed up as harsh despite some more lyrical moments, they are generally aggressive and dissonant and not particularly.
With its wealth of material, its onestopshopping for revueltas. Rosaura revueltas was born in lerdo, durango, mexico to the famously artistic revueltas family and had three brothers who all were artists. Silvestre revueltas bio, albums, pictures naxos classical. Being the oldest of the twelve siblings who were artistic achievers, he had his interests towards music from a young age. Media in category silvestre revueltas the following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total. Mexican composer silvestre revueltas music the guardian. Silvestre revueltas music, videos, stats, and photos. Silvestre revueltas biography childhood, life and timeline. Silvestre revueltas musica clasica entretenimiento. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Silvestre revueltas wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre.
Silvestre revueltas viquipedia, lenciclopedia lliure. Program notes by phillip huscher silvestre revueltas born december 31, 1899, durango, mexico. A list of works in the composer category that are not included here can be found on this page. He was born in santiago papasquiaro in durango, and studied at the national conservatory in mexico city, st edward college in austin, texas and. All four of revueltass brief string quartets the four of them together last a mere 43 minutes were written in the early 1930s and hence before most of his famous orchestral works. Silvestre revueltas santiago papasquiaro, durango, mexiko, 1899ko abenduaren 31 mexiko hiria, mexiko, 1940ko urriaren 5a mexikar biolinista eta musikagilea izan zen. Biolin eta ganberako musika irakasle izan zen mexikoko kontserbatorioan. Edward college in austin, texas, from 1916 to 1918, and at the chicago. Suite from redes nets revueltas composed the score for the film redes in 193435. The political power of carlos chavez and his influence upon. Mexikon egin zituen ikasketak, eta geroago, estatu batuetan. This page was last edited on 9 september 2019, at 07.
Being the oldest of the twelve siblings who were artistic achievers, he had his interests. From there revueltas headed north to texas to study at st. Silvestre revueltas biography, albums, streaming links. Orchestra sheet music book by silvestre revueltas 18991940. Silvestre revueltas music most of it written during the last decade of his short life bursts with energy, instrumental color, and mocking humor. Silvestre revueltas memory is immersed in a cloud of misunderstanding, prejudice and myth. Silvestre revueltas may be one of latin americas greatest composers, but hes virtually unknown elsewhere. Having listened to numerous cds of his works i can happily report that this cd contains as fine performances as can be found anywhere. Program notes silvestre revueltas suite from redes nets. Silvestre revueltas childhood and early life on 31 december 1899, silvestre revueltas sanchez was born in a small town named santiago papasquiaro, durango in mexico. Pdf gratis silvestre revueltas protecvalpavimentos pdf. All four of revueltas s brief string quartets the four of them together last a mere 43 minutes were written in the early 1930s and hence before most of his famous orchestral works. Like her brothers, she chose a profession in the arts. His rhythmic and sometimes dissonant style draws from mexican folk music, considered by some to be a mexican bela bartok.
Silvestre revueltas is an exciting and original composer and this wellpriced 2 cd set is an excellent way to enjoy his music. 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. Silvestre revueltas primera parte biografia musica en mexico. Planos planes is a chambermusic composition by the mexican composer silvestre revueltas, also slightly enlarged and scored for full orchestra and published under its alternate title, danza geometrica geometric dance. Silvestre revueltas was born on december 31, 1899 in santiago papasquiaro, durango, mexico as silvestre revueltas sanchez. Revueltas, silvestre silvestre revueltas 31 december 1899 5 october 1940. Edward college in austin, texas, from 1916 to 1918, and at. Both versions were composed in 1934, and the scores are both dedicated to the architect ricardo ortega. Silvestre revueltas sanchez december 31, 1899 october 5, 1940 was a mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor life. Silvestre revueltas december 21, 1899 october 5, 1940 was a mexican composer of classical music, violinist and conductor. To this day he is likely to be portrayed as an extraordinarily talented but unknown mexican composer. Please consult the manual of style for creating composer work lists. Revueltas music most of it written during the last decade of his short life bursts with energy, instrumental color, and mocking humor.