#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 3, 2025
By Ralph Graves
Our neighbor to the south has a long, rich history of classical music. A much longer history than ours, in fact. For May, the Classics a Day team encourages folks to post videos of Mexican classical music.
There’s a lot to choose from. The first composers in New Spain were writing in the 1500s.
Here are my posts for the third week of #ClassicalMexico.
05/19/25 Alfredo Carrasco (1875–1945): Romanza in palabras
Carrasco spent most of his professional career in Mexico City. Romanza in palabras is one of his most popular works.
05/20/25 Julián Carrillo Trujillo (1875–1965): Primera Suite para Orquesta, Op. 1
Carrillo would eventually develop his own musical system, Sonido 13. IN his early days, he composed music, like this suite, for a local orchestra.
05/21/25 José Rolón (1876–1945): Vals Capricho Op. 14 “Sobre las Oas”
Rolón studied with Nadia Boulanger in the early 20th Century. He would later found the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco.
05/22/25 Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948): Intermezzo
Ponce was a composer and music educator vitally interested in Mexican music. He wanted to preserve both the folk and classical traditions of his country. His own work shows indigenous music influence.
05/23/25 Arnulfo Miramontes (1882–1960): Sinfonia No. 1
Miramontes was a pianist, conductor, and composer who wrote in the Post-Romantic style. His first symphony was written in 1916. During the 1910s, he also composed a piano concerto, opera, requiem mass, and some important chamber music.
