JANITZIO · Second version |
Work information
Autograph
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| Instrumental genre | Music for symphony orchestra |
| Other versions: | First version |
| Place of composition | Mexico City |
| Date of composition | December 30, 1936 |
| Dedication | No dedication |
| Duration | 7’ |
| Instrumentation | Picc, 2fl, 2ob, cl[B♭], bcl, 2bn / 4cor, 2tpt, 2tbn, tba / perc / strings |
| Documentary archive | The autograph has been preserved. |
| Notes by compiler | This version of Janitzio was written in the Ramírez Moreno Sanatorium, where the composer was a patient. |
| Texts by Revueltas about the works | It’s an island of fishermen that lulls Lake Pátzcuaro to sleep. Lake Pátzcuaro is ugly. Romantic and sentimental travelers have embellished it with kisses and postcard music. Not to be outdone, I’m also doing my part, in an infinite yearning for glory and fame. Without a doubt, posterity will acknowledge these efforts in favor of tourism. (Text published in the program for the premiere of the work’s first version, 1933.) |
| Periodical references | Velazco, Jorge. “Las dos versiones de Janitzio.” Heterofonía I (1985). _______. “The Original Version of Janitzio by Silvestre Revueltas.” The Latin American Music Review 7:2, 19. |
| Publications | Southern Music Publishing Co. |