List of compositions by Silvestre Revueltas

Silvestre Revueltas in 1930

This is a list of compositions by Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940).

Stage works

Ballets

  • La coronela, 1940 (unfinished; a completion by Blas Galindo and Candelario Huízar lost)
  • El renacuajo paseador, 1936

Orchestral works

  • Pieza para orquesta, 1929
  • Esquinas, 1931 (rev. 1933)
  • Cuauhnáhuac, for string orchestra, 1931; revised for full orchestra, 1931; revised again for full orchestra 1932
  • Ventanas, 1931
  • Alcancías, 1932
  • Colorines, for chamber orchestra, 1932
  • El renacuajo paseador, 1933
  • Janitzio, 1933 (rev. 1936)
  • Toccata (sin fuga), for violin and chamber orchestra 1933
  • Troka, 1933
  • Caminos, 1934
  • La coronela (orch. by José Pablo Moncayo and arr. by José Limantour)
  • Danza geométrica (orchestral version of Planos), 1934
  • Itinerarios, 1938
  • Música para charlar, 1938 (from the film score of Ferrocarriles de Baja California)
  • Sensemayá, 1938

Chamber works

  • El afilador, 1924
  • Batik, 1926
  • Four Little Pieces for two violins and cello, 1929
  • String Quartet No. 1, 1930
  • String Quartet No. 2, 1931
  • String Quartet No. 3, 1931
  • String Quartet No. 4, Música de feria, 1932
  • Tres pequeñas piezas serias, for quintet of mixed winds, 1932–33[1]
  • Tres piezas, for violin and piano, 1932
  • Ocho x radio, 1933
  • Planos, 1934
  • Homenaje a Federico García Lorca, 1936
  • Éste era un rey 1940
  • First Little Serious Piece, five wind instruments (piccolo, oboe, clarinet, baritone saxophone, trumpet), 1940[2]
  • Second Little Serious Piece, for five wind instruments (piccolo, oboe, clarinet, baritone saxophone, trumpet), 1940[2]

Film scores

  • Redes, 1935
  • ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa!, 1936
  • Ferrocarriles de Baja California, 1938
    • Selections reworked as Música para charlar
  • El indio, 1938
  • Bajo el signo de la muerte, 1939
  • Los de abajo, 1939
  • La noche de los mayas (Night of the Mayas), 1939
  • ¡Que viene mi marido!, 1940

Songs

  • "Duo para pato y canario", voice and chamber orchestra, 1931
  • "Ranas" (Frogs) and "El tecolote" (The Owl), voice and piano, 1931
  • "Caminando", 1937
  • "Canto a una muchacha negra" (words by Langston Hughes), voice and piano 1938
  • "Cinco canciones para niños y dos canciones profanas", 1938–39

Piano

  • Allegro
  • Canción (a passage used also in Cuauhnáhuac)

References

  1. ^ Kolb Neuhaus 2006, 307–308.
  2. ^ a b Stevenson 2001.

Sources

  • Kolb Neuhaus, Roberto (2006). "El vanguardismo de Silvestre Revueltas: una perspectiva semiótica". DHA thesis. Coyoacán, DF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Stevenson, Robert (2001). "Revueltas, Silvestre". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.

Further reading

  • Clark, Walter Aaron (1999). "The Music of Latin America". In Latin America: An Interdisciplinary Approach, third edition, edited by Julio López-Arias and Gladys Varona-Lacey, 233–253. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 9780820434797
  • Kolb Neuhaus, Roberto (1998). Silvestre Revueltas. Catálogo de sus obras. Coyoacán, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Escuela Nacional de Música. ISBN 968-36-6909-3.
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