Author: (Cowell, Henry; editor). Chavez, Carlos.
Title: New Music. A Quarterly of Modern Compositions. Volume I, No. 4. July 1928. ["This Issue Contains Sonatina for Violin and Piano by Carlos Chavez"].
Description: San Francisco, CA: The New Music Society of California, 1928. 1928. - Folio, 14 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled indigo blue wraps, titled and decorated in red on the front cover. The edges of the covers are faded and lightly creased. 11 & [1] pages. The corners and edges of the pages are slightly creased. Very good. Laid in at the back is the 4-page "Violin" part also printed on folio pages. The bottom edges of these pages are dampstained. In addition to the violin part, there is also laid in an original subscription form printed on a 10-3/4 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide sheet. First edition of the fourth issue of Henry Cowell's important periodical. Through "New Music" Cowell, an important composer himself, published scores by modern composers who would otherwise have little opportunity to see their works distributed through the mainstream. "This issue contains Sonatina for Violin and Piano by Carlos Chavez". The work was composed in 1924 by the pianist and composer Chavez as he toured Mexico with the violinist Silvestro Revueltas who was also himself a composer. Music critic James Reel describes the work thus: "The term 'sonatina' implies small scale and simplicity, but this work is fiendishly difficult and, at times, harmonically harsh. It begins at a measured pace, almost suggesting a Baroque adagio, but the mood is tense and sour. The next movement is a jittery piece inspired by Mexican folk music, although there's a note of panic in this fiesta. There follows a concluding slow movement, in which the violin plays a long-lined though rather acidic melody over a restless piano accompaniment.." Reel compares the work to some of Prokofiev's chamber music, though not quite coming up to that same standard nor to Chavez's own later works, he concludes that "Still, the Sonatina is a compact, expressive work that hardly deserves its neglect." The Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist Carlos Chavez (Carlos Antonio de Padua Chavez y Ramirez) (1899-1978) was the founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. Chavez' work was influenced by native Mexican cultures as exemplified by his most popular work "Sinfonia India" which uses Yaqui percussion instruments. Not only was Chavez a composer, he was also a journalist who founded the cultural journal "Gladios" with friends in 1916 and later joined the staff of Mexico City's "El Universal" in 1924, contributing over 500 articles to the paper. Very good .
Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; MODERN; MODERNIST; NEW MUSIC; A QUARTERLY OF MODERN COMPOSITIONS; VOLUME 1, NUMBER 4; JULY 1928; HENRY COWELL; CARLOS ANTONIO DE PADUA CHAVEZ Y RAMIREZ; MEXICAN; COMPOSER; SONATINA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO BY CARLOS CHAVEZ; TWENTIETH CENTURY
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Title: New Music. A Quarterly of Modern Compositions. Volume I, No. 4. July 1928. ["This Issue Contains Sonatina for Violin and Piano by Carlos Chavez"].
Description: San Francisco, CA: The New Music Society of California, 1928. 1928. - Folio, 14 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled indigo blue wraps, titled and decorated in red on the front cover. The edges of the covers are faded and lightly creased. 11 & [1] pages. The corners and edges of the pages are slightly creased. Very good. Laid in at the back is the 4-page "Violin" part also printed on folio pages. The bottom edges of these pages are dampstained. In addition to the violin part, there is also laid in an original subscription form printed on a 10-3/4 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide sheet. First edition of the fourth issue of Henry Cowell's important periodical. Through "New Music" Cowell, an important composer himself, published scores by modern composers who would otherwise have little opportunity to see their works distributed through the mainstream. "This issue contains Sonatina for Violin and Piano by Carlos Chavez". The work was composed in 1924 by the pianist and composer Chavez as he toured Mexico with the violinist Silvestro Revueltas who was also himself a composer. Music critic James Reel describes the work thus: "The term 'sonatina' implies small scale and simplicity, but this work is fiendishly difficult and, at times, harmonically harsh. It begins at a measured pace, almost suggesting a Baroque adagio, but the mood is tense and sour. The next movement is a jittery piece inspired by Mexican folk music, although there's a note of panic in this fiesta. There follows a concluding slow movement, in which the violin plays a long-lined though rather acidic melody over a restless piano accompaniment.." Reel compares the work to some of Prokofiev's chamber music, though not quite coming up to that same standard nor to Chavez's own later works, he concludes that "Still, the Sonatina is a compact, expressive work that hardly deserves its neglect." The Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist Carlos Chavez (Carlos Antonio de Padua Chavez y Ramirez) (1899-1978) was the founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. Chavez' work was influenced by native Mexican cultures as exemplified by his most popular work "Sinfonia India" which uses Yaqui percussion instruments. Not only was Chavez a composer, he was also a journalist who founded the cultural journal "Gladios" with friends in 1916 and later joined the staff of Mexico City's "El Universal" in 1924, contributing over 500 articles to the paper. Very good .
Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; MODERN; MODERNIST; NEW MUSIC; A QUARTERLY OF MODERN COMPOSITIONS; VOLUME 1, NUMBER 4; JULY 1928; HENRY COWELL; CARLOS ANTONIO DE PADUA CHAVEZ Y RAMIREZ; MEXICAN; COMPOSER; SONATINA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO BY CARLOS CHAVEZ; TWENTIETH CENTURY
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- Book number: 95088
- Book number: 95088
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