Composer: Silvestre Revueltas

Date of composition: 1938

Performer/instruments: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (full orchestra)

Genre: symphonic poem

Tempo/meter: primarily <7/8> (<2/4> + <3/8>), but with alternating meters in places

What to Listen for:

  • Prominent tuba solo, brass, and woodwinds solos
  • Irregular, shifting meters, low ostinatos in a minor key, and chromatic melodies
  • Contrasting blocks of orchestral sound (low brass, trumpets, woodwinds, etc.)
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