Carlos Chávez
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Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by nati
Carlos Chávez photographed by Carl Van Vechten (1937)
National Conservatory of Music, México City
Chávez's tomb in the Panteón de Dolores, Mexico City
Sinfonía india
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Sinfonía india is Carlos Chávez's Symphony No. 2, composed in 1935–36. In a single movement, its sections nevertheless follow the traditional pattern for a three-movement symphony. The title signifies
Carlos Chávez
…and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six symphonies, the second, or Sinfonía india, which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular. The seventh child of a criollo family, Chávez was born on Tacuba Avenue…
Aztec musicians playing teponaztli (foreground) and huéhuetl, both called for in the Sinfonía india