Two records held together: the publisher's own Wise Music Classical work catalogue entry, titled "Xochipilli (An Imagined Aztec Music)," carrying Carlos Chavez's own programme note describing the piece as "the result of my thoughts on topics of Mexican antiquity and of my unlimited admiration for pre-Cortesian sculpture and painting," instrumented for piccolo, flute, E-flat clarinet, trombone and six percussionists; and the Percussive Arts Society's own published description of the work as an attempt "to recreate melodies and harmonies of ancient Mexico using the limited knowledge available about ancient Aztec music."
Facts
Citation
PublisherWise Music Classical (G. Schirmer); Percussive Arts Society
URLhttps://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/26844/Xochipilli-An-Imagined-Aztec-Music--Carlos-Chavez/
Source Typeinstitutional record
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The work's own publisher catalogue, carrying the composer's own programme note and instrumentation, corroborated by a national professional percussion organization's own published description of the piece's subject. Connections
Associated With
This source names Xochipilli directly: "work catalogue entry, titled "Xochipilli (An Imagined Aztec Music)," carrying Carlos Chavez's own programme note describing the piece as "the result of my thoughts on topics of Mexican antiquity and..."
Source Wise Music Classical and Percussive Arts Society Records for Xochipilli (Chavez)
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Musical Works, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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