List of compositions by Carlos Chávez

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This is a list of compositions by Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), in chronological order.

Year Title Medium
1910 La danza de las brujas piano
1911 Serenata piano
1911 Canción piano
1911 Barcarola (1) piano
1911 Preludio violin and piano
1911 Nocturno piano
1912 Vals I and II piano
1912 Miniatura piano
1913 Serenata violin and piano
1913 Romanza violin and piano
1915 Segundo estudio de concerto piano
1915 À l'aube: image mexicaine piano
1915 Adelita & La cucaracha piano
1915 Anda buscando de rosa en rosa piano
1915/18 Symphony orchestra
1916 Himno en elogio de la espada chorus
1918 Berceuse piano
1918 Pensamiento feliz piano
1918 Carnaval piano
1918 Oda I piano
1918 Elegía I–II piano
1918 Extase voice and piano
1918 Gavota piano
1918 Esperanza ingenua piano
1918 Triste sonrisa piano
1918 Suavemente piano
1918 Meditación piano
1918 Meine lieber Flamen voice and piano
1918 Sonata fantasía (Sonata I) piano
1919 Sextet for piano and strings piano and strings
1919 Estrellas fijas (J.A. Silva) soprano or tenor and piano
1919 Barcarola (2) piano
1919 Du bist wie eine Blume (H. Heine) soprano and piano
1919 Adiós, adiós piano
1919/20 Valses íntimos I–IV piano
1919/20 Estudios I–IV piano
1920 Cuando empieza a caer la tarde piano
1920 Preludio piano
1920 Encanto sutil piano
1920 Noche: aguafuerte piano
1920 Hoja de álbum piano
1920 Benedición piano
1921 Vals Elegía piano
1921 Madrigal violoncello and piano
1921 Toxiumolpia: El fuego nuevo, Aztec ballet chorus (soprano, alto) and orchestra
1921 String Quartet No. 1 chamber
1921/22 Madrigals I–VII piano
1922 [4] Nocturnos piano
1922 Jarabe piano
1923 Polígonos piano
1923 Inútil epigrama (R. de Carvalho) soprano or tenor and piano
1923 Aspectos I–II piano
1923 A l'aube: image mexicaine (Imagen mexicana), op. 17 chorus, unaccompanied
1923 [3] Piezas for guitarra guitar
1923 [3] Exágonos voice and piano
1924 Otros tres exágonos voice and piano
1924 Xochimilco Dance piano
1924 Sonatina for violoncello and piano violoncello and piano
1924 Sonatina for violin and piano violin and piano
1924 Sonatina for piano piano
1925 Foxtrot piano
1925 36 (initially called Horsepower, but later changed in order not to be confused with H.P.) piano
1925 Los cuatro soles, indigenous ballet soprano, chamber orchestra
1925 Energía piccolo, flute, bassoon, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, viola, violoncello, double bass)
1925 Cake Walk piano
1926 Solo piano
1926 Chapultepec: Three Famous Mexican Pieces band; arranged for orchestra in 1935
1926 [3] Etudes for piano … Chopin piano
1926–32 Caballos de vapor [H.P.] (sinfonía de baile, Chávez) (Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House, 31 Mar 1932, director L. Stokowski) orchestra
1927 H.P. Sinfonía de baile (also titled Caballos de vapor) (there is also a version for 2 pianos) orchestra
1928 Blues piano
1928 Piano Sonata No. 3 piano
1928 Fox piano
1929 Sonata for 4 horns 4 horns
1930 Unidad piano
1930 Paisaje piano
1932 Tierra mojada SATB chorus, oboe, and English horn; also arranged for unaccompanied chorus
1932 String Quartet No. 2 chamber
1932 Antígona (incidental music for the play by Sophocles in Jean Cocteau's translation) Incidental music
1932 Todo (R. López Velarde, published together with North Carolina Blues as Dos canciones) mezzo-soprano or barítone and piano
1933 Sinfonía de Antígona (Symphony No. 1) orchestra
1933 Soli I oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet
1933 Cantos de México orchestra
1934 Llamadas: sinfonía proletaria chorus and orchestra
1934 El sol: corrido mexicano chorus and orchestra
1934 [3] Spirals violin and piano
1935 Chapultepec (Obertura republicana) [Marcha provinciana, Vals nostálgico, Canción de Adelita] orchestra or band
1935/36 Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) orchestra
1937 [10] Preludes for piano piano
1937 Chaconne in E Minor (orchestration of Buxtehude's organ work) orchestra
1937/38 Concerto for four horns and orchestra (adapted from the Sonata for four horns of 1929) four horns and orchestra
1938 [3] Poems: "Segador" (Pellicer), "Hoy no lució la estrella de tus ojos" (S. Novo), "Nocturna rosa" (Villaurrutia) soprano or tenor and piano
1938/40 Concerto for piano and orchestra piano, orchestra
1939 [4] Nocturnos, for voice and piano voice and piano
1939 La Paloma azul, coral chorus
1940 For Juanita piano
1940 Trio for flute, viola, and harp (arrangement of four pieces by Debussy and Falla) flute, harp, and viola
1940 Xochipilli Macuilxóchitl (later retitled Xochipilli: An Imagined Aztec Music) piccolo, flute, E♭ clarinet, trombone, and 6 percussionists
1941 La casada infiel (F. García Lorca) mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano
1941 Sonata IV, for piano piano
1941 Himno nacional (orchestration of work by Jaime Nunó) orchestra
1942 Arbolucu, te sequeste (Tree of Sorrow) chorus, unaccompanied
1942 Fugues for piano piano
1942 "A Woman Is a Worthy Thing" (a cappella) chorus, unaccompanied
1942 Toccata for percussion instruments instrumental music (percussion)
1942 Melodías tradicionales indias del Ecuador [4], for voice and piano vocal music (with piano)
1942 Miniatura: homenaje a Carl Deis piano
1942 Nocturnes [3] (a cappella) chorus, unaccompanied
1943 Danza de la pluma piano
1943 La llorona piano
1943 Concerto in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 1 (orchestration of Vivaldi) orchestra
1943 La zandunga piano
1943 Suite, for double quartet chamber music
1943–44 The Daughter of Colchis: ballet in nine sections for double quartet flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello
1944 La hija de Cólquide: suite for double quartet (six movements from the ballet) flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello
1944 Saraband, for string orchestra (movement 7 from La hija de Cólquide) string orchestra
1944 "A! Freedome" chorus, unaccompanied
1946 String Quartet No. 3 (movements 2, 3, and 4 from La hija de Cólquide) chamber
1946 Canto a la tierra unison chorus, two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, and tuba; also a version for unison chorus and orchestra; also a version for unison chorus and piano
1947 La hija de Cólquide, symphonic suite from the ballet orchestra
1947 Toccata for orchestra (incidental music for a scene in Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cervantes) orchestra (incidental music)
1947–50 Concerto for violin and orchestra violin, orchestra
1949 Estudio IV: homenaje a Chopin piano
1950 Left Hand Inversions of Five Chopin Etudes piano
1951 Symphony No. 3 orchestra
1951 Happy Birthday (a cappella) chorus, unaccompanied
1952 [4] Nuevos estudios for piano piano
1953 Symphony No. 5, for string orchestra (for the Koussevistky Foundation) orchestra
1953 Symphony No. 4 Sinfonía romántica (For the Louisville Orchestra) orchestra
1953 Baile: cuadro sinfónico (original final movement of the Symphony No. 4) orchestra
1953/56 Panfilo and Lauretta (opera in three acts, libreto by Chester Kallman, after G. Boccaccio) (rev. as Love Propitiated, 1959; rev. as El amor propiciado (trad. N. Lindsay, E. Hernández Moncada), 1963; rev. as Los visitantes, 1968; revised as The Visitors, 1973) opera
1956 Prometheus Bound cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra
1957 Upingos oboe
1957 Hippolytus (incidental music for the play by Euripides): Upingos: melody for oboe solo) Incidental music
1958 Invención (I) piano
1958 North Carolina Blues (Villaurrutia), vocal Vocal music (piano)
1960 Sonata V for piano piano
1961 Symphony No. 6 (for the Lincoln Center of the Arts of New York) orchestra
1961 Sonata VI for piano piano
1961 Soli II for wind quintet flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
1962 Lamentaciones voice and piano
1964 Tambuco 6 percussionists
1964 Resonancias orchestra
1964 Fuga H A G, C violin, viola, violoncello, double bass
1965 Soli III (bassoon, trumpet, viola, timpani and orchestra) bassoon, trumpet, viola, timpani, and orchestra
1965 Invention II violin, viola, violoncello
1966 Soli IV horn, trumpet, trombone
1967 Mañanas mexicanas piano; arranged for band (1974)
1967 Elatio, orchestra orchestra
1967 Invention III harp
1967 Vocalización aguda soprano and piano
1968 Pirámide, ballet in four acts ballet music for orchestra, SATB chorus, and magnetic tape
1968 Fragmento (a cappella speaking chorus, from Pirámide) speaking chorus, unaccompanied
1969 Discovery, orchestra orchestral music
1969 Variations, for violín and piano Instrumental chamber music (duo)
1969 Clio: Symphonic Ode orchestral music
1971 Initium, for orchestra orchestral music
1972 Tema equis, publicity theme for Mexican Television chorus and small instrumental ensemble
1972 Nonantzin (a cappella) chorus, unaccompanied
1973 Estudio a Rubinstein piano
1973 Partita, for timpani solo music
1973 Sonante, for orchestra orchestral music
1973 Paisajes mexicanos, for orchestra orchestral music
1974 A Pastoral chorus, unaccompanied
1974 NOKWIC chorus, unaccompanied
1974 Feuille d'album for guitar solo instrumental music (guitar)
1974 The Waning Moon chorus, unaccompanied
1974 Sonante, for string orchestra string orchestra
1974 Tzintzuntzan, symphonic variations for band band music
1974 "Rarely" (a cappella) chorus, unaccompanied
1974 Epistle (a cappella) chorus, unaccompanied
1975 Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (unfinished) orchestral music (concerto)
1975 Caprichos for piano [5] piano
1976 Zandunga Serenade, for band band
1976/77 Concerto for trombone and orchestra trombone, orchestra

Reference[]

  • Chávez, Carlos. 1997– . Obras, compiled and edited by Gloria Carmona. México: El Colegio Nacional. ISBN 970-640-072-9 (set); ISBN 970-640-073-7 (vol. 1: "Escritos periodísticos (1916–1939)").

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