PRELUDE NO. 5 from TEN PRELUDES FOR THE PIANO by Carlos Chávez It is the Roaring Twenties in the United States. Financial prosperity, art deco, Felix the Cat, and jazz are flooding the streets of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. In Mexico, the 1920s painted a very different scene. The Mexican Revolution of 1910 brought social and ...

 Desireé González-Miller presents 20 Piezas fáciles sobre temas mexicanos by Manuel M. Ponce, a composer from Mexico. File Name: TOWNHALL-ON-LATIN-AMERICAN-COMPOSERS_Handou_20210422-140445_1 File Size: 84 kb Download File

  INTERMEZZO NO. 1 IN E MINOR BY MANUEL M. PONCE Manuel M. Ponce (1882–1948) is undoubtedly one of the most prominent composers in Latin American history. Among his piano pieces, one of the most beloved is his Intermezzo No. 1 in E Minor. This intermezzo has similarities to Brahms's Intermezzo in E Minor, Op. 119, No. 2. Both wo...

We often discuss the invaluable legacy left by our favorite Romantic composers such as Chopin and Liszt. We talk not only about their works but also their pedagogical lineage and how these lines continued throughout the late-nineteenth century until our present day. What we do not mention enough is that these composers and their students not only i...