Carlos Chávez

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Carlos Chávez was a prominent 20th-century Mexican composer, conductor, and music educator known for integrating indigenous and folk elements into modern classical music.

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Carlos Chávez canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican composer
composer
conductor
human
music educator
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
dateOfBirth 1899-06-13
dateOfDeath 1978-08-02
employer Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional
surface form: Orquesta Sinfónica de México
familyName Chávez
fieldOfWork music composition
music education
orchestral conducting
genre ballet music
chamber music
classical music
film score
orchestral music
givenName Carlos
hasPart catalog of symphonies, ballets, chamber works, and piano pieces
influencedBy European modernism
Igor Stravinsky
Mexican folk music
indigenous Mexican music
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
movement 20th-century classical music
modernism
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableStudent Blas Galindo
Eduardo Mata
Héctor Quintanar
José Pablo Moncayo
notableWork Caballos de vapor
Piano Sonata No. 3
Sinfonía India
Sinfonía No. 3
Sinfonía No. 4
Sinfonía No. 5
Sinfonía de Antígona
Toccata for percussion instruments
Xochipilli
surface form: Xochipilli-Macuilxóchitl
occupation composer
cultural administrator
music critic
music educator
orchestra conductor
placeOfBirth Mexico City
placeOfDeath Mexico City
positionHeld director of Orquesta Sinfónica de México
director of the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico
head of the National Institute of Fine Arts (Mexico)
sexOrGender male

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Chávez hasNotableBearer Carlos Chávez