Celebrate Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month
Explore music by Latinx and Hispanic music creators in the B&H catalog, from iconic Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera to Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, who serves as Carnegie Hall’s composer in residence this season.
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we salute the cultural achievements and influence of Latinx and Hispanic Americans today. Boosey & Hawkes is proud to be the home of legendary catalogs such as Alberto Ginastera and Roberto Gerhard, as well as iconic contemporary composers like Osvaldo Golijov and Gabriela Ortiz whose music reflect the diverse sounds and traditions of the larger world around us.
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We’re spotlighting 12 works across our catalog, from chamber and orchestral works to choral music and grand operas. We invite you to explore these and other works by these composers.
Enrico Chapela, ínguesu
for orchestra
Duration: 9 min
Scoring: 2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.4.2.btrbn.tuba-timp.perc(4)-harp-pft-strings
> LISTENPaquito D’Rivera, Aires Tropicales
for wind quintet
Duration: 24 min
Scoring: 1.1.1.1-1.0.0.0
> LISTENGabriela Ortiz, ¡Únicamente La Verdad! (Only the Truth!)
Chamber opera
Duration: 75 min
Libretto: Rubén Ortiz Torres
Scoring: S,2T,2B; 1.0.1.0-0.1.1.1-perc(2)-pft-accordion-elec gtr-SATB-strings
> LISTENOsvaldo Golijov, "Coral del Arrecife" from Oceana
for double chorus (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Duration: 8 min
Text: Pablo Neruda
> LISTENAlberto Ginastera, Dances from Estancia
for orchestra
Duration: 12 min
Scoring: 1.picc.2.2.2-4.2.0.0-timp.perc(5)-pft-strings
> LISTENRoberto Gerhard, Violin Concerto
for violin and orchestra
Duration: 37 min
Scoring: 2.2.2.2-4.2.2.0-timp.perc-harp-pft-strings
> LISTENOsvaldo Golijov, The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
for clarinet (or Klezmer clarinet) and string quartet
Duration: 33 min
> LISTENPaquito D'Rivera, Concerto Venezolano
for trumpet and orchestra
Duration: 19 min
Scoring: solo trumpet(=flugelhorn); 2.1.1.bcl.0-0.2.1.btrbn.1-timp.perc(3)-pft-harp-Venezuelan cuatro (optional)-strings
> LISTENGabriela Ortiz, Kauyumari
for orchestra
Duration: 7 min
Scoring: picc.2.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.4.2.btrbn.1-timp.perc(4)-harp-strings
> LISTENEnrico Chapela, Zimmergramm
for tenor, baritone, bass, guitar, chorus (SATB), and orchestra
Duration: 17 min
Text: Chapela based on the Zimmermann telegram 1917
Scoring: 3.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2)-harp-pft-strings
> LISTENFrancisco Núñez, "Crióme Mi Madre"
for SA treble choir and guitar
Duration: 4 min
Text: Anonymous
> LISTENOsvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar
One act opera
Duration: 80 min
Libretto: David Henry Hwang
Scoring: 2s.a.2t.2bar.b;women's chorus; 3.1.1-2.2.1.0-perc(3)-2gtr-pft-computer-based sampler-harp-strings
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