TWO FACES OF MEXICAN MUSIC at Mexican Cultural Institute

The Mexican Cultural Institute and the Library of Congress
Opening Event of

TWO FACES OF MEXICAN MUSIC: CARLOS CHÁVEZ
AND SILVESTRE REVUELTAS REVISITED

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 – 6:30 p.m.

Special Performance: Xochipilli (An Imagined Aztec Music), by Carlos Chávez
Post-Classical Ensemble, Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Music Director

Lecture: “Mexico in New York, 1940", by
Barbara Tenenbaum, specialist in Mexican culture,
Hispanic Division, Library of Congress

Lecture: "Music and the Making of the Mexican Nation, 1930-1940", by Mary Kay Vaughan, professor of history, University of Maryland

Mexican Cultural Institute
2829 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
R.S.V.P. (202) 728-1675
or email icmdc@instituteofmexicod.org
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“Two Faces of Mexican Music: Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas Revisited” is co-sponsored by the Library of Congress Music Division, Hispanic Division, and Rare Book and Special Collections Division; Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC; Mexico’s National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA); and the Department of Film Programs, National Gallery of Art.