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Carlos Chávez

1899 - 1978

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Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six symphonies, the second, or Sinfonía india, which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Chávez is the 748th most popular composer (up from 791st in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 144th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mexican Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carlos Chávez ranks 748 out of 1,451. Before him are Ernest Gold, Aribert Reimann, Aristides Quintilianus, Michel Blavet, Domenico Gabrielli, and Boris Asafyev. After him are Franchinus Gaffurius, Pierre Attaingnant, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Manuel Cardoso, Josef Tal, and Matthias Weckmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Carlos Chávez ranks 136. Before him are František Tomášek, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Justas Paleckis, Lonnie Johnson, and Aleksander Zawadzki. After him are Anni Albers, Rufino Tamayo, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Jeralean Talley, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, and Qu Qiubai. Among people deceased in 1978, Carlos Chávez ranks 107. Before him are Joe Davis, Jens Otto Krag, George Maciunas, Mstislav Keldysh, Louis Prima, and Gig Young. After him are Ivan Tyulenev, Jean Acker, Lucius D. Clay, Mária Mednyánszky, Nancy Spungen, and Henryk Zygalski.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Chávez ranks 133 out of 729. Before him are Rafael Márquez (1979), Jacqueline Andere (1938), Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889), Francisco Robles Ortega (1949), Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877), and Manuel González Flores (1833). After him are Armando Manzanero (1935), Javier Hernández (1988), Rufino Tamayo (1899), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Francisco León de la Barra (1863), and Juan Álvarez (1790).

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Among COMPOSERS In Mexico

Among composers born in Mexico, Carlos Chávez ranks 3. Before him are Manuel Ponce (1886), and Agustín Lara (1897). After him are Silvestre Revueltas (1899), Juventino Rosas (1868), and Arturo Márquez (1950).

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