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.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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