# List of compositions by Carlos Chávez

This is a list of compositions by Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), in chronological order.

## List

| Year | Title | Medium |
| 1910 | La danza de las brujas | piano |
| 1911 | Serenata | piano |
| 1911 | Canción | piano |
| 1911 | Barcarola (1) | piano |
| 1911 | Preludio | violin and piano |
| 1911 | Nocturno | piano |
| 1912 | Vals I and II | piano |
| 1912 | Miniatura | piano |
| 1913 | Serenata | violin and piano |
| 1913 | Romanza | violin and piano |
| 1915 | Segundo estudio de concerto | piano |
| 1915 | À l'aube: image mexicaine | piano |
| 1915 | Adelita & La cucaracha | piano |
| 1915 | Anda buscando de rosa en rosa | piano |
| 1915/18 | Symphony | orchestra |
| 1916 | Himno en elogio de la espada | chorus |
| 1918 | Berceuse | piano |
| 1918 | Pensamiento feliz | piano |
| 1918 | Carnaval | piano |
| 1918 | Oda I | piano |
| 1918 | Elegía I–II | piano |
| 1918 | Extase | voice and piano |
| 1918 | Gavota | piano |
| 1918 | Esperanza ingenua | piano |
| 1918 | Triste sonrisa | piano |
| 1918 | Suavemente | piano |
| 1918 | Meditación | piano |
| 1918 | Meine lieber Flamen | voice and piano |
| 1918 | Sonata fantasía (Sonata I) | piano |
| 1919 | Sextet for piano and strings | piano and strings |
| 1919 | Estrellas fijas (J.A. Silva) | soprano or tenor and piano |
| 1919 | Barcarola (2) | piano |
| 1919 | Du bist wie eine Blume (H. Heine) | soprano and piano |
| 1919 | Adiós, adiós | piano |
| 1919/20 | Valses íntimos I–IV | piano |
| 1919/20 | Estudios I–IV | piano |
| 1920 | Cuando empieza a caer la tarde | piano |
| 1920 | Preludio | piano |
| 1920 | Encanto sutil | piano |
| 1920 | Noche: aguafuerte | piano |
| 1920 | Hoja de álbum | piano |
| 1920 | Benedición | piano |
| 1921 | Vals Elegía | piano |
| 1921 | Madrigal | violoncello and piano |
| 1921 | Toxiumolpia: El fuego nuevo, Aztec ballet | chorus (soprano, alto) and orchestra |
| 1921 | String Quartet No. 1 | chamber |
| 1921/22 | Madrigals I–VII | piano |
| 1922 | [4] Nocturnos | piano |
| 1922 | Jarabe | piano |
| 1923 | Polígonos | piano |
| 1923 | Inútil epigrama (R. de Carvalho) | soprano or tenor and piano |
| 1923 | Aspectos I–II | piano |
| 1923 | A l'aube: image mexicaine (Imagen mexicana), op. 17 | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1923 | [3] Piezas for guitarra | guitar |
| 1923 | [3] Exágonos | voice and piano |
| 1924 | Otros tres exágonos | voice and piano |
| 1924 | Xochimilco Dance | piano |
| 1924 | Sonatina for violoncello and piano | violoncello and piano |
| 1924 | Sonatina for violin and piano | violin and piano |
| 1924 | Sonatina for piano | piano |
| 1925 | Foxtrot | piano |
| 1925 | 36 (initially called Horsepower, but later changed in order not to be confused with H.P.) | piano |
| 1925 | Los cuatro soles, indigenous ballet | soprano, chamber orchestra |
| 1925 | Energía | piccolo, flute, bassoon, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, viola, violoncello, double bass) |
| 1925 | Cake Walk | piano |
| 1926 | Solo | piano |
| 1926 | Chapultepec: Three Famous Mexican Pieces | band; arranged for orchestra in 1935 |
| 1926 | [3] Etudes for piano … Chopin | piano |
| 1926–32 | Caballos de vapor [H.P.] (sinfonía de baile, Chávez) (Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House, 31 Mar 1932, director L. Stokowski) | orchestra |
| 1927 | H.P. Sinfonía de baile (also titled Caballos de vapor) (there is also a version for 2 pianos) | orchestra |
| 1928 | Blues | piano |
| 1928 | Piano Sonata No. 3 | piano |
| 1928 | Fox | piano |
| 1929 | Sonata for 4 horns | 4 horns |
| 1930 | Unidad | piano |
| 1930 | Paisaje | piano |
| 1932 | Tierra mojada | SATB chorus, oboe, and English horn; also arranged for unaccompanied chorus |
| 1932 | String Quartet No. 2 | chamber |
| 1932 | Antígona (incidental music for the play by Sophocles in Jean Cocteau's translation) | Incidental music |
| 1932 | Todo (R. López Velarde, published together with North Carolina Blues as Dos canciones) | mezzo-soprano or barítone and piano |
| 1933 | Sinfonía de Antígona (Symphony No. 1) | orchestra |
| 1933 | Soli I | oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet |
| 1933 | Cantos de México | orchestra |
| 1934 | Llamadas: sinfonía proletaria | chorus and orchestra |
| 1934 | El sol: corrido mexicano | chorus and orchestra |
| 1934 | [3] Spirals | violin and piano |
| 1935 | Chapultepec (Obertura republicana) [Marcha provinciana, Vals nostálgico, Canción de Adelita] | orchestra or band |
| 1935/36 | Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) | orchestra |
| 1937 | [10] Preludes for piano | piano |
| 1937 | Chaconne in E Minor (orchestration of Buxtehude's organ work) | orchestra |
| 1937/38 | Concerto for four horns and orchestra (adapted from the Sonata for four horns of 1929) | four horns and orchestra |
| 1938 | [3] Poems: "Segador" (Pellicer), "Hoy no lució la estrella de tus ojos" (S. Novo), "Nocturna rosa" (Villaurrutia) | soprano or tenor and piano |
| 1938/40 | Concerto for piano and orchestra | piano, orchestra |
| 1939 | [4] Nocturnos, for voice and piano | voice and piano |
| 1939 | La Paloma azul, coral | chorus |
| 1940 | For Juanita | piano |
| 1940 | Trio for flute, viola, and harp (arrangement of four pieces by Debussy and Falla) | flute, harp, and viola |
| 1940 | Xochipilli Macuilxóchitl (later retitled Xochipilli: An Imagined Aztec Music) | piccolo, flute, E♭ clarinet, trombone, and 6 percussionists |
| 1941 | La casada infiel (F. García Lorca) | mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano |
| 1941 | Sonata IV, for piano | piano |
| 1941 | Himno nacional (orchestration of work by Jaime Nunó) | orchestra |
| 1942 | Arbolucu, te sequeste (Tree of Sorrow) | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1942 | Fugues for piano | piano |
| 1942 | "A Woman Is a Worthy Thing" (a cappella) | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1942 | Toccata for percussion instruments | instrumental music (percussion) |
| 1942 | Melodías tradicionales indias del Ecuador [4], for voice and piano | vocal music (with piano) |
| 1942 | Miniatura: homenaje a Carl Deis | piano |
| 1942 | Nocturnes [3] (a cappella) | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1943 | Danza de la pluma | piano |
| 1943 | La llorona | piano |
| 1943 | Concerto in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 1 (orchestration of Vivaldi) | orchestra |
| 1943 | La zandunga | piano |
| 1943 | Suite, for double quartet | chamber music |
| 1943–44 | The Daughter of Colchis: ballet in nine sections for double quartet | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello |
| 1944 | La hija de Cólquide: suite for double quartet (six movements from the ballet) | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello |
| 1944 | Saraband, for string orchestra (movement 7 from La hija de Cólquide) | string orchestra |
| 1944 | "A! Freedome" | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1946 | String Quartet No. 3 (movements 2, 3, and 4 from La hija de Cólquide) | chamber |
| 1946 | Canto a la tierra | unison chorus, two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, and tuba; also a version for unison chorus and orchestra; also a version for unison chorus and piano |
| 1947 | La hija de Cólquide, symphonic suite from the ballet | orchestra |
| 1947 | Toccata for orchestra (incidental music for a scene in Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cervantes) | orchestra (incidental music) |
| 1947–50 | Concerto for violin and orchestra | violin, orchestra |
| 1949 | Estudio IV: homenaje a Chopin | piano |
| 1950 | Left Hand Inversions of Five Chopin Etudes | piano |
| 1951 | Symphony No. 3 | orchestra |
| 1951 | Happy Birthday (a cappella) | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1952 | [4] Nuevos estudios for piano | piano |
| 1953 | Symphony No. 5, for string orchestra (for the Koussevistky Foundation) | orchestra |
| 1953 | Symphony No. 4 Sinfonía romántica (For the Louisville Orchestra) | orchestra |
| 1953 | Baile: cuadro sinfónico (original final movement of the Symphony No. 4) | orchestra |
| 1953/56 | Panfilo and Lauretta (opera in three acts, libreto by Chester Kallman, after G. Boccaccio) (rev. as Love Propitiated, 1959; rev. as El amor propiciado (trad. N. Lindsay, E. Hernández Moncada), 1963; rev. as Los visitantes, 1968; revised as The Visitors, 1973) | opera |
| 1956 | Prometheus Bound | cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra |
| 1957 | Upingos | oboe |
| 1957 | Hippolytus (incidental music for the play by Euripides): Upingos: melody for oboe solo) | Incidental music |
| 1958 | Invención (I) | piano |
| 1958 | North Carolina Blues (Villaurrutia), vocal | Vocal music (piano) |
| 1960 | Sonata V for piano | piano |
| 1961 | Symphony No. 6 (for the Lincoln Center of the Arts of New York) | orchestra |
| 1961 | Sonata VI for piano | piano |
| 1961 | Soli II for wind quintet | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn |
| 1962 | Lamentaciones | voice and piano |
| 1964 | Tambuco | 6 percussionists |
| 1964 | Resonancias | orchestra |
| 1964 | Fuga H A G, C | violin, viola, violoncello, double bass |
| 1965 | Soli III (bassoon, trumpet, viola, timpani and orchestra) | bassoon, trumpet, viola, timpani, and orchestra |
| 1965 | Invention II | violin, viola, violoncello |
| 1966 | Soli IV | horn, trumpet, trombone |
| 1967 | Mañanas mexicanas | piano; arranged for band (1974) |
| 1967 | Elatio, orchestra | orchestra |
| 1967 | Invention III | harp |
| 1967 | Vocalización aguda | soprano and piano |
| 1968 | Pirámide, ballet in four acts | ballet music for orchestra, SATB chorus, and magnetic tape |
| 1968 | Fragmento (a cappella speaking chorus, from Pirámide) | speaking chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1969 | Discovery, orchestra | orchestral music |
| 1969 | Variations, for violín and piano | Instrumental chamber music (duo) |
| 1969 | Clio: Symphonic Ode | orchestral music |
| 1971 | Initium, for orchestra | orchestral music |
| 1972 | Tema equis, publicity theme for Mexican Television | chorus and small instrumental ensemble |
| 1972 | Nonantzin (a cappella) | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1973 | Estudio a Rubinstein | piano |
| 1973 | Partita, for timpani | solo music |
| 1973 | Sonante, for orchestra | orchestral music |
| 1973 | Paisajes mexicanos, for orchestra | orchestral music |
| 1974 | A Pastoral | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1974 | NOKWIC | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1974 | Feuille d'album for guitar | solo instrumental music (guitar) |
| 1974 | The Waning Moon | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1974 | Sonante, for string orchestra | string orchestra |
| 1974 | Tzintzuntzan, symphonic variations for band | band music |
| 1974 | "Rarely" (a cappella) | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1974 | Epistle (a cappella) | chorus, unaccompanied |
| 1975 | Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (unfinished) | orchestral music (concerto) |
| 1975 | Caprichos for piano [5] | piano |
| 1976 | Zandunga Serenade, for band | band |
| 1976/77 | Concerto for trombone and orchestra | trombone, orchestra |