Sinfonía India

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Sinfonía India is a symphonic work by Mexican composer Carlos Chávez that blends modernist orchestral writing with indigenous Mexican melodies and rhythms.

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Sinfonía India canonical 1

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instanceOf orchestral composition
alternativeTitle Symphony No. 2 NERFINISHED
composer Carlos Chávez NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Mexico
genre classical music
modernist music
hasCulturalContext Mexican nationalism in music
hasInstrumentation brass
percussion
strings
woodwinds
hasKey no fixed key (largely modal and tonal-modernist)
hasPart single continuous movement
hasReception considered one of Carlos Chávez’s best-known works
influencedBy indigenous cultures of Mexico
isPartOf Mexican orchestral repertoire
languageOfTitle Spanish
notableAspect use of indigenous themes in a concert-hall symphony
notableFor integration of indigenous Mexican themes into symphonic form
numberOfMovements 1
orchestrationFeature expanded percussion section
period 20th-century music
structure single-movement symphonic work
style modernist orchestral writing
titleMeaning Indian Symphony NERFINISHED
typicalEnsemble symphony orchestra
usesMusicalMaterialFrom indigenous Mexican melodies
usesRhythmsFrom indigenous Mexican traditions
workTitleLanguage Spanish

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Carlos Chávez notableWork Sinfonía India