Salvador Contreras

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Salvador Contreras Sánchez (born November 10, 1910 in Cuerámaro / Guanajuato , † November 7, 1982 ) was a Mexican composer.

Contreras was a student of Carlos Chávez , Silvestre Revueltas and Candelario Huízar . With José Pablo Moncayo , Blas Galindo and Daniel Ayala , he founded the Grupo de los Cuatro in 1935 .

He composed film and ballet music, orchestral and chamber music, vocal works and works for solo instruments.

Works

  • Sonata para violín y violoncello , 1933;
  • Cuarteto de cuerdas No. 2 , 1936;
  • Cuatro Canciones , 1959;
  • Cuarteto No. 3 , 1962;
  • Tres movimientos para guitarra , 1963;
  • Dos piezas dodecafónicas , 1966;
  • Siete preludios para piano , 1971.

literature

  • Aurelio Tello: Salvador Contreras. Vida y obra (Colección de estudios musicológicos; 1). Inst. Nac. de Bellas Artes, Mexico, DF 1987, ISBN 968-290718-7 .
personal data
SURNAME Contreras, Salvador
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Contreras Sánchez, Salvador
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuerámaro , Guanajuato (State)
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1982