Tambuco (Chávez)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Tambuco | |
|---|---|
| by Carlos Chávez | |
 Portrait of Carlos Chávez by Carl van Vechten (1937) | |
| Composed | 1964 |
| Published | 1967 |
| Movements | 1 |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 11 October 1965 |
| Location | Leo S. Bing Theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
| Conductor | William Kraft |
| Performers | Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble |
Tambuco is a percussion-ensemble work for six players, written by the Mexican composer Carlos Chávez in 1964. The score is dedicated to Clare Boothe Luce, and a performance of it lasts approximately thirteen minutes.
The impulse to compose Tambuco came about in an unusual way. In 1950, Clare Boothe Luce had commissioned Chávez's Third Symphony, completed in 1954. Their unlikely friendship continued for nearly three decades and, after Luce began working in mosaics in 1963, they agreed to exchange commissions for works from each other. For Chávez, Luce created a 4' x 5' mosaic titled Golden Tiger, which he hung in his Lomas de Chapultepec studio in Mexico City. In return, he created Tambuco.[1][2]
The premiere took place on 11 October 1965 in the Leo S. Bing Theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, performed by the Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble conducted by William Kraft.[3] Both Chávez and Luce were in the audience.[1]
Instrumentation
Each of the six performers plays a battery of at least six different instruments. Pitched percussion is found in each of the players' groups, which also each include wood, metal, and membrane instruments.[4] The total array is:
|
Percussion I
Percussion II
|
Percussion III
Percussion IV
|
Percussion V
Percussion VI
|
