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Carlos Chávez
12+ albums
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Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (June 13, 1899 – August 2, 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist, and the founder and director of the Mexico Symphony Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No. 2, which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular. His paternal grandfather José María Chávez, governor of Aguascalientes, Mexico, was ordered executed by Emperor Maximilian in 1864. His father, Augustín Chávez, invented a plough that was produced and used in the United States. He died when Carlos was barely three years old. Carlos had his first piano lessons from his brother Manuel, and later on he was taught by Asunción Parra, Manuel Ponce and Pedro Luis Ozagón, for piano, and later Juan Fuentes for harmony. His family often went on vacations to Tlaxcala, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Oaxaca and other places where the cultural influence of the Aztec aboriginals was still very strong. In 1916, Chávez and friends started a cultural journal, Gladios, and this led to Chávez joining the staff of Mexico City's newspaper El Universal in 1924. After the Mexican Revolution and the installation of a democratically elected president, Álvaro Obregón, Chávez became one of the first exponents of Mexican nationalist music with ballets on Aztec themes. In 1922, Chávez married Otilia Ortiz and they went on honeymoon to Europe, where he met Paul Dukas. After Europe, the couple vacationed in
top songs
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Sinfonia india, "Symphony No. 2"
7852El trópico (from H.P. Suite)
3323Sinfonia India (Live) - Live
3124Xochipilli, An Imaginary Aztec Music: I. Allegro Animato
2965Meditacion
1856Sinfonía india
1677Xochipili
1648Chacona
1189Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonía india"
10210Toccata for Percussion: I. Allegro sempre giusto
92albums
Complete Chamber Works of Carlos Chavez, Vol. 3
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Chávez: Sinfonia India
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Orbon, J.: 3 Versiones Sinfonicas / Villa-Lobos, H.: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 / Estevez, A.: Mediodia En El Llano
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Chavez, C.: Xochipilli / La Hija De Colquide Suite / Tambuco / Energia / Toccata
Chávez: The Complete Symphonies
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Carlos Chávez - The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Chávez: Sinfonia India, Sinfonia de Antigona & Sinfonia Romantica
CHAVEZ, C.: Chamber Music (Complete), Vol. 4 (Southwest Chamber Music)
Piano Works of Carlos Chávez
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Mi Alma Mexicana (My Mexican Soul)
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Huapango
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Complete Chamber Works of Carlos Chavez, Vol. 2