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
Portrait of Chávez by Carl van Vechten, taken the year after the premiere of the Sinfonía india
Aztec musicians playing teponaztli (foreground) and huéhuetl, both called for in the Sinfonía india
The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra of international rank founded and underwritten by the government of Mexico. The home venue is the Silvestre Revueltas Hall at the Ollín Yoliztli
Sinfonía india
…Carlos Jiménez Mabarak, Ballade du cerf et de la lune; José Pablo Moncayo, Huapango; Silvestre Revueltas, Sensemayá; Carlos Chávez, Sinfonía india. Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México; Fernando Lozano, cond. LP recording (stereo). Forlane UM 3551; Cassette tape recording (stereo). Forlane UMK 3551. [France]: Forlane, 1981. Reissued…
La Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de México in the Silvestre Revueltas Hall of the Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli
Ollín Yoliztli Cultural Center