CUAUHNÁHUAC · Second version for symphony orchestra |
Work information
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Instrumental genre | Music for symphony orchestra |
Other versions: | For string orchestra - First version for symphony orchestra |
Place of composition | Mexico City |
Date of composition | December 1932 |
Dedication | For Aurora |
Premiere | June 2, 1933, Hidalgo Theater, Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Cond. Silvestre Revueltas. |
Duration | 11’ |
Instrumentation | Picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, cl[E♭], 2cl[B♭], bcl, 3bn / 4cor, 4tpt, 3tbn, tba/ timp, perc / strings |
Documentary archive | The autograph has been preserved. |
Texts by Revueltas about the works | The former name of Cuernavaca which means next to the woods. Music suggested by a word. Music without streets, without trees, and without tourists, which can suggest everything or nothing. Any bus not from Cuernavaca may carry even music without great danger. The score uses a huehuetl as a vehicle for nationalistic propaganda. The huehuetl is painted in the colors of the nation. At times, certain other instruments in the orchestra say more national things; these must be disregarded as anti-capitalist propaganda. (Text included in the program of the premiere of the second version of this work, in June 1933.) |
Periodical references | Alvarado, Leo. “Notas musicales.” La Prensa (June 4, 1933). Baqueiro Foster, G[erónimo]. “Crónicas musicales: Calurosa acogida se hizo a Cuauhnáhuac de Silvestre Revueltas.” Excélsior (June 3, 1933). Kahan, Salomón. “Música: Carta abierta a Silvestre Revueltas.” El Universal Gráfico (November 3, 1933). _______. “Música: Un aplauso y una aclaración.” El Universal Gráfico (December 12, 1933). _______. “Música: La más completa 'Incompleta'. Bella obra de Revueltas.” El Universal Gráfico (June 6, 1933). |
Publications | G. Schirmer, Inc. |