{"product_id":"26031-revueltas-silvestre-colorines-complete-autograph-musical-manuscript","title":"Revueltas, Silvestre. (1899–1940) \"Colorines\" - Complete Autograph Musical Manuscript","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAn important and hitherto considered lost full autograph musical manuscript score of this important symphonic poem for chamber orchestra by the Mexican composer. Upright folio. In graphite, red and blue pencil. Title; 1 - 53 numbered pages. Signed and inscribed on the the autograph title by the composer to Mauricio Magdaleno and Juan Bustillo, dated Mexico [City] May 26, 1932. Scored for Picc, ob, cl[E♭], cl[B♭], bn \/ cor, tpt, tbn \/ perc \/ vn I, vn II, cb. Bound in crimson cloth with title plate to front board, spine perished; internally very throughout with only some light toning and edge wear. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis autograph manuscript has been hitherto known only by photographic copy and a photostat at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/archivosilvestrerevueltas.dgb.unam.mx\/index.php\/en\/fondos-documentales-2\/index.php?option=com_revueltas\u0026amp;view=obras_ficha\u0026amp;t=d\u0026amp;gl=\u0026amp;obra=13\"\u003eArchivio Silvestre Revueltas\u003c\/a\u003e, however the present score includes not only red markings in pencil by the composer which are reproduced there, but also additional, later authorial expressive and conducting markings in blue pencil to approximately one third of the pages. Most of these are dynamics or time signature\/beat clarifications, but a few are other expressive markings or indications such as at the head of the score where Revueltas has added the indication \"Nervous, Jerky.\" The autograph title page with dedication, instrumentation and dating, also includes further blue pencil markings in the hand of the composer noting the work's duration and that \"strings may be augmented at the discretion of conductor.\" \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eProvenance: From the collection of the composer Richard Hundley (1931 - 2018), thence to composer Christopher Berg (1949 - 2026).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAccording to our research, this is the only significant musical manuscript to have ever appeared on the market from the Mexican classical music composer, violinist, and conductor whose irregular lifestyle led to his death at the age of 40 after a mere decade of creativity as a composer.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidely regarded as the most inventive of modern Mexican composers, Revueltas was born on the very eve of the 20th century, on December 31, 1899. After early training as a violinist he concentrated his talents on conducting and composition. At Carlos Chávez's invitation, he became Assistant Conductor of the Mexico Symphony Orchestra (1929-1935) and taught violin and composition at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, also conducting the Conservatory Orchestra. In 1937 he conducted several of his orchestral works in Spain, lending his support to the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War. In October 1940, barely 40 years old, the \"great free spirit of Mexican music\" succumbed to pneumonia aggravated by alcoholism. In his last decade, Revueltas had been astonishingly productive, writing almost 40 works – including 6 for full orchestra and 8 film scores – in a mature, vitally individual voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eColorines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, stridently exotic in instrumentation and rhythmically pungent, shows influences from native folk music and, conspicuously, from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rite of Spring. \u003c\/i\u003eIt was premiered August 30, 1932, Orientation Theater, Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by the composer, and first performed in the US on 4 November, 1932 at the New School for Social Research, PAAC Chamber Orchestra, Nicolas Slonimsky,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003econducting.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"By the early 1930s it was clear that Mexican audiences preferred compositions in which nationalism was represented not by the pre-Columbian element of Mexican culture, but rather by mestizo, popular music. By this time, Revueltas had developed a style in which, in a collage-like texture, disparate musical elements from Mexico’s cultural soundscape (the popular, the modern, the urban, the peasant, the Indian, the military, the street life, the market, or the dance) were often juxtaposed so that they often collided. Revueltas did not mean these materials to coexist peacefully. Although the music sometimes celebrates the plurality and vitality of Mexican society, there is audible violence of conflict of cultures, and between premodern and modern social structures. This style was sometimes manifested in a harsh, abstract, and modernist style, and these works, such as Esquinas and Ventanas (both of 1931) were not well received by audiences, but the more lyrical and tonal examples such as Colorines were warmly praised.\" (Wikipedia)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62817478082719,"sku":"26031","price":45000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/765d64c5-b220-bc5e-628f-b0685e52d341.jpg?v=1792680715","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26031-revueltas-silvestre-colorines-complete-autograph-musical-manuscript","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}