Carlos Chávez : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Baile, Cuadro Sinfónico (1953) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3323/4231/timp.3perc/pf/str

  •  Chapultepec (Three Famous Mexican Pieces) — for Orchestra or Band 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4+2pic.3.4(Ebcl, bcl).ssx+2asx.tsx.3/4331/timp.3[+]perc/str

  •  Clio, Symphonic Ode (1969) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.23/4331/timp.3perc/2hp/str

  •  Discovery (1969) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic)1+ca.11/2100/timp(perc)/str

  •  Elatio (1967) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/2hp.pf/str

  •  La Hija de Cólquide, Suite from the Ballet (1943) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3343/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Himno Nacional Mexicano (Mexican National Anthem) 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4343/6331/timp.6perc/cel.hp/str

  •  Paisajes Mexicanos (1973) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/str

  •  Sinfonía (1915) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2223/4331/timp/str

  •  Sonante (1974) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Symphony No. 1 (Sinfonía de Antígona) (1933) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   32(heck).43/8301/timp.3perc/2hp/str

  •  Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonía India) (1935) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+2pic.32+ebcl+bcl.3/4220/timp.4perc/hp/str

  •  Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonía India, reduced orchestration) (1935) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2131/2210/4perc/hp/str

  •  Symphony No. 3 (1951) - 29 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3343/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonía Romántica) (1953) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.2.3(cbn)/4231/timp.3perc/str

  •  Symphony No. 5 (1953) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Symphony No. 6 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3323/4231/timp.2perc/str

  •  Toccata (1947) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3343/4331/timp.3perc/2hp/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra 23 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   4 Horns

    Orchestration   01(ca)4(Ebl,bcl)3/0000/timp/str

  •  Concerto for Piano (1938) - 33 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   2+pic.222+cbn/4231/timp.3perc/cel.hp/str

  •  Concerto for Trombone (1976) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Trombone

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.perc/str

  •  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 36 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc.td/hp/str

  •  Cuatro Nocturnes (1939) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Contralto

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Soli No. 3 16 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Bassoon, Trumpet, Viola, Timpani

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/2hp.pf/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  Sinfonía India (Symphony No. 2) arranged for band 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   band

    Arranger / Editor   arr. by Frank Erickson

  •  Xochipilli (An Imagined Aztec Music) 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)01(Ebcl)0/0010/6[+]perc

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Cantos de México (1933) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, tpt, 8perc, gtr, hp, 2vn

  •  Energia — for Nine Instruments (1925) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1+pic.001/11.btn/str(0.0.1.1.1)

  •  Sinfonía de Antígona (Symphony No. 1) chamber version (1933) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Trumpet, Harp and 2 Percussion

    Arranger / Editor   Juan Delgado

  •  Suite for Double Quartet 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/0000/str (1.1.1.1.0)

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Cuatro Melodias Tradicionales Indias del Ecuador 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano [=tenor]

    Orchestration   1100/0000/str(1.1.1.1.1 players)

  •  Four Melodías Tradicionales Indias del Ecuador (1942) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Tenor]

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, perc, 2 vn, va, vc, db

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Cuarteto de Arcos I (String Quartet No. 1) (1921) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  Cuarteto de Arcos II (1932) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, va, vc, db

  •  Cuarteto de Arcos III (String Quartet No. 3) (1943) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  Fuga H-A-G-C (1964) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, va, vc, db

  •  Invention II (1965) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, va, vc

  •  Madrigal for Cello and Piano (1921) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc, pf

  •  Sextet (1919) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf, 2vn, va, 2vc

  •  Soli No. 1 for Oboe, Clarinet, Trumpet and Bassoon (1933) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ob, cl, bn, tp

  •  Soli No. 2 — for Woodwind Quintet 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, hn

  •  Toccata (1942) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   6 perc

  •  Variations (1969) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  Vocalizacion Aguda (1967) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Flute

    Orchestration   pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Feuille d’Album (1974) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   gtr

  •  Partita (1973) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   perc

  •  Upingos (1957) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ob

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Carnaval (1918) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Cuatro Estudios (Four Etudes)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Early Piano Pieces Vol. I 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Estudio a Rubinstein (1973) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Five Capriches (1975) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Four New Etudes

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Piano Sonata No. 2

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Ten Preludes (1937) - 31 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Ten Preludes: No. 2

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Tercera Sonata (3rd Sonata) (1928) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Waltzes and Other Dances 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  3 Nocturnes A Cappella

    Chorus   SATB

  •  A! Fredome (1942) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB a cappella

  •  Epistle (1974) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   mixed chorus

  •  Fragmento

    Chorus   SATB speaking choir

  •  Nokwic (1974) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

  •  Nonantsin (1974) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

  •  A Pastoral (1974) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   mixed chorus

  •  Rarely (1974) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

  •  To Sleep

    Chorus   chorus a cappella

  •  The Waning Moon (1974) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Los Cuatro Soles (The Four Suns) (1925) - 30 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB Chorus [opt]

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.3(2Ebcl).2/4331/timp.3perc/str
    (2(pic).12(Ebcl).1/2110/timp.2perc/str)

  •  El Nuevo Fuego (The New Fire) (1921) - 30 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA chorus

    Orchestration   2+2pic.2+2ca.2+2Ebl+2bcl.4/4442/timp.13perc/3ocarina/str

  •  La Paloma Azul [The Blue Dove] (1940) - 8 minute(s)

    Chorus   Mixed Chorus

    Orchestration   2121/0110/timp/2gtr/str

  •  Prometheus Bound (1956) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Alto, Baritone, Bass

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/2hp/str

  •  El Sol (The Sun) — A Mexican Ballad 36 minute(s)

    Chorus   mixed chorus

    Orchestration   4(pic)34(Ebl,bcl)3/4431/timp.3[+]perc/str

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  Canto A La Tierra (1946) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  La Casada Infiel (1941) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Four Romances (1918) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Tenor]

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Hoy No Lucio (Now From Your Eyes)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Lamentaciones (1962) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Tenor]

    Orchestration   pic, ob, 2 perc

  •  Nocturna Rosa

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Otros Tres Exagonos (1924)

    Soloist(s)   soprano [=tenor]

    Orchestration   fl, ob, bn, pf, va

  •  El Segador (The Reaper)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Three Exágones (1923) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Tenor]

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Three Poems

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Two Aztec Songs (1925) - 9 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano [=Tenor]

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Vocalizacion Aguda (1967) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   pf

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  The Visitors (1957) - 2 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Bass, Countertenor, Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

• Dance
  •  La Hija de Cólquide (1943) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3343/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str