List of compositions by Carlos Chávez

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

List 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 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 Piezas for guitarra guitar 1923 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 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 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 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 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 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 , for voice and piano vocal music (with piano) 1942 Miniatura: homenaje a Carl Deis piano 1942 Nocturnes (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 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 piano 1976 Zandunga Serenade, for band band 1976/77 Concerto for trombone and orchestra trombone, orchestra

References

External links Carlos Chávez: Biography & list of works (in English, French & Spanish) Carlos Chávez manuscripts in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts