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Julian Carrillo
Julian Carrillo
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Paris for another exhibition to coincide with the International Congress of Music
sponsored by UNESCO. There many illustrious musicians, among them the
microtone composers Hba and Vishnegradsky, saw and were impressed by the
Carrillo pianos. Carrillo himself was to have more honours bestowed on him in
the 1960s by his own government, and he also received yet another and final
commission from Stokowski, for the Concertino for 1/3-tone piano with orchestra,
introduced in Houston in 1962 with his daughter Dolores as soloist and Stokowski
conducting. The preceding year Carrillo had recorded 21 of his tonal and
microtonal works with the Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris.
Although Carrillo never had recourse to the national materials used by Revueltas
or Chvez, he considered himself to be as nationalist as the younger generation
of composers and thought that the development of the 13th sound revolution
would in itself be sufficient to give universal renown to Mexico. Out of it would
result a new order, less complex though providing for complexity, less
constrained though providing for restraint.
WORKS
WRITINGS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GERALD R. BENJAMIN
Carrillo, Julin
WORKS
operas
(without microtones)
La princesse Ona (Ossian) (1, H. Albert), 1902; Mxico en 1810 (Matilde) (4, L.
Viramontes), 1909; Xulitl (3, C. dErzel), 1921, rev. 1947
orchestral
(with microtones)
Sym. no.1 Colombia, c1926; Serenata, 1/4-tone vc, orch, 1926; Sym. no.2
Colombia, 1926; Concertino, microtone group (pic, hn, hp, gui, vn, vc), orch, 1926;
Nocturno (Misterioso Hudson), 1927; Capricho, chorus, orch, 1929; Sym. no.3
Colombia, 1931; Conc., 1/4- and -tone vc, orch, 1945; Horizontes!, microtone
group (vn, vc, hp), orch, 1947; Conc., 1/4-tone vn, orch, 1949; Conc., 1/3-tone pf,
orch, 1958; Balbuceos, 1/16-tone pf, chbr orch, 1958; Conc. no.2, 1/4-tone vn, orch,
1964
(without microtones)
Marcha Mxico, orch, band, 1895; Suite no.1 (de bagatelas), chbr orch, 1899, rev.
1932; Sym. no.1, D, 1901; Suite no.2 (Los naranjos), c1903; Sym. no.2, C, op.7,
1905; Marcha nupcial no.1, 14 wind insts, timp, 1909; Marcha nupcial no.2, str, org,
hp, 1909; Marcha patria, 1917; Movimiento perpetuo, band, 1924; Suite no.3
(Impresiones de la Habana), 1929; Fantasa Impromptu (8 de septiembre), pf,
orch, 1930; Nocturnos (Xochimilco), 1935; Suite no.4 [arr. of 6 preludios, pf], 1944;
Sym. no.3 (atonal) Heroica, 1945; Triple Conc., fl, vn, vc, orch, 1950; Trozo
sinfonia atonal, 1961
vocal
(with microtones)
5 primeras composiciones nos.13, 5, see chbr works; I think of you, S, octavina, fl,
gui, 2 va, arpa-citara, 1928; Ave Maria, S, SATB, 1929; Coro SATB, 1929;
Impromptu, 2 S, tpt, arpa-citara, 1929; 6 preludios Europa, S octavina, fl, gui, arpa-
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citara, vn, 1934; La virgen morena (for film), SSAA, vn, vc, db, gui, arpa-citara,
1942; Misa a SS Juan XXIII, male chorus, 1962; Mass no.2, TBarB, 1965
(without microtones)
Adios! (M. Acua), T, pf, 1895; Mass, chorus, orch, 1896; Requiem, op.1, chorus,
orch, 1900; 3 romanzas (L.G. Urbina, anon., R. Sansares), 1v, pf, 1908; Canto a la
bandera (R. Lpez), 1909; TeD, SATB, orch, 1910; Misa de S Catarina, male
chorus, orch, 1913, rev. 1943; Villancico al Nio Dios (trad.), vv, pf, c1913; Misa al
Sagrado Corazn de Jess, TTB, orch, c1918; Himno a la paz (B. Dvalos), 2
choruses, pf, 1944; Lamento de Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, S, SATB, 1951;
Pequeo requiem atonal, 4 SSTTBB choruses/24 solo vv, orch, 1956; Cnones
atonales, 64vv in 8 choruses, c1964; Reviendras-tu? (M. Simounat), 1v, pf; Lo que
soy para ti (J. de Ibarbourou), 1v, fl, cl, bn, str qt, db
chamber
(with microtones)
5 primeras composiciones a base de 16avos de tono y sus compuestos, 19225: 1
Preludio a Coln, S, octavina, fl, gui, hp, vn, 1922; 2 Ave Mara, chorus, octavina, fl,
gui, arpa-citara, vn, vc; 3 Tepepan Escena campestre, S, SATB, arpa-citara; 4
Preludio no.1, vc, str qt, db, arpa-citara; 5 Hoja de album, Mez, eng hn, vc, rev. for
fl, cl, gui, arpa-citara, triangle, vc
8 str qts, c1924, c1925, c1925, 1926, 1926, 1962, 1964, 1964 [nos.4 and 5 known
as 2 balbuceos (Meditacin, En secreto), rev. as 2 bosquejos, SATB]; Sonata casifantasa, octavina, hn, arpa-citara, vn, va, vc, db, 1925; Lento solemne (En los
montaes de mi Mxico), octavina, hn, gui, arpa-citara, vn, vc, 1926; Serenata, 1/4tone vc, eng hn, hp, str qt, 1926; Preludio Ensueo, mand, mndola, gui, 1928;
Fantasa Sonido 13, wind qnt, tpt, trbn, hps, str qt, 1930; Murmullos, str qt, db,
arpa-citara, 1933; Romanza, octavina, hp, c1934; Preludio no.2, vc, str qt, db, arpacitara, 1951
(without microtones)
Berceuse (Stella), fl, eng hn, hn, hp, vc, 1897; Str Sextet, 1900; Str Qt, E , 1903;
Pieza de concurso, fl, pf, 1908; Pieza de concurso, va, pf, 1908; Pieza de concurso
(Improvisasin), vc, pf, c1909; Tema con variaciones, vn, pf, 1910; Pf Qnt, E , 1913;
Preludio (Crepuscular), vc, pf, c1920; Str Qt no.1 (atonal) Debussy, c1927; Str Qt
no.2 (atonal), c1930; Str Qt no.3 (a ratos atonal a ratos politonal), 1932; Str Qt (en
escala diatnica de 6 grados), 1937; Str Qt (atonal metamorfoseado) [cancrizans of
Str Qt no.1], c1939; Str Qt (en escala 01347890), c1940; Str Qt no.4 (atonal)
Beethoven, 1955
solo instrumental
(with microtones)
For gui: Estudio (A media noche en oriental), 1/4-tone, 1931; Suite (Impromptu),
1/4-tone; Sonata, 1/4-tone, 1960; Estudio, 1/3-tone, 1962
For arpa-citara: Estudios, 1/3-tone; Preludios, 1/16-tone; Sonata Amanecer en
Berlin 13, 1/4-tone, 1931, rev. 1957
For pf: Preludio 29 de septiembre, 1/3-tone, 1949; Capricho, 1/4-tone, 1959;
Preludio, 1/5-tone, 1959
For vn: 3 estudios en forma de sonatina, 1/4-tone, 1927; 70 Exercises, 1/4-tone;
Casi-sonata no.1, 1/4-tone, c1960; Casi-sonatas nos.23, 1/4-tone
For va: 70 estudios, 1/4-tone; Preludio, 1/16-tone; Capricho, 1/4-tone, 1926; 4 Casisonatas no.1, 1/4-tone, 1961; Casi-sonatas nos.24, 1/4-tone; Sonata, 1/4-tone
For vc: 70 estudios, 1/4-tone; Sonata, 1/4-tone, c1927; Casi-sonata no.1, 1/4-tone,
1959; Casi-sonatas nos.26, 1/4-tone
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Carrillo, Julin
WRITINGS
Plticas musicales, i (Mexico City, 1913, 3/1930)
Tratado sinttico de armona (Mexico City, 1913, 8/1915
Tratado sinttico de canon y fuga (Jalapa, Veracruz, c1915)
Tratado sinttico de instrumentacin para orquesta sinfnica y banda militar
(New York, 1916, 2/1948)
El sonido 13 (Mexico City and New York, 19246) [periodical]
Teora lgica de la msica (Mexico City, 1927, 2/1954)
Pre-sonido 13: rectificacin bsica al sistema musical clsico, anlisis fisicomsico (San Luis Potos, 1930, 2/1930)
Tratado sinttico de contrapunto: melodas simultneas (Mexico City, 1930,
3/1948)
Genesis de la revolucin musical del sonido 13 (San Luis Potos, 1940)
Mtodo racional de solfeo: entonacin y medida de los sonidos musicales
(Mexico City, 1941)
En defensa del honor de Amrica: el sonido 13! replica a Papini (Mexico City,
1947)
Sonido 13: fundamento cientfico e histrico (Mexico City, 1948)
Leyes de metamorfosis musicales (Mexico City, 1949)
Problemas de esttica musical: enviados a la UNESCO y datos histricos
relacionados con el problema del sonido 13 (Mexico City, 1949)
Mxico en la cultura musical del mundo (Mexico City, 1955)
Dos leyes de fisica musical (Mexico City, 1956)
Sistema general de escritura musical (Mexico City, 1957)
Sonido 13: el infinito en las escalas y en los acordes (Mexico City, 1957)
Errores universales en msica y fisica musical (Mexico City, 1967)
Carrillo, Julin
BIBLIOGRAPHY
J. Velasco-Urda: Julin Carrillo: su vida y su obra (Mexico City, 1945)
J. Etienne-Marie: Julin Carrillo, Nouvelles du Mexique, xliii-xliv (19656), 310
A. Pike: The Discoveries and Theories of Julin Carrillo: 18751965, InterAmerican Music Bulletin, no.55 (1966), 110
G.R. Benjamin: Julin Carrillo and sonido trece, YIAMR, iii (1967), 3368
E.R. Blackaller: La revolucin musical de Julin Carrillo, Cuadernos de lectura
popular, no.237 (Mexico City, 1969)
J.A. Orrego-Salas, ed.: Microfilm Special CollectionCarrillo, Music from Latin
America Available at Indiana University: Scores, Tapes, and Records
(Bloomington, IN, 1971), 168
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