In the history of music, Silvestre Revueltas is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Silvestre Revueltas as Mexican composer, violinist, and conductor (1899-1940).
Silvestre Revueltas was born at Durango in 1899. His recorded nationality is Mexico. He trained at National Conservatory of Music of Mexico and St. Edward's University.
Recording arrived in this generation and changed everything: a performance could now outlive the performer.
He worked as conductor, classical composer and musicologist.
The instruments recorded are violin.
His best-known work is Sensemayá. Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
That the work came out of Mexico shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Silvestre Revueltas died in 1940, aged 41. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Sensemayá
- Instruments: violin
