Candelario Huízar

Candelario Huízar García de la Cadena (born February 2, 1882 in Jerez / Zacatecas , † May 3, 1970 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican composer, musician and music teacher.

As a child, Huízar learned to play the guitar by himself. In 1892 he became a member of the band in his hometown, where he played the saxophone. He later played the viola in Enrique Herrera's string quartet and studied harmony with Aurelio Elías . He became a member of the Zacatecas Chapel, which has been called Banda de Música del Primer Cuadro del Batallón de Zacatecas since 1909 .

When revolutionary troops under Pancho Villa took the city, Huítar joined forces under General Pánfilo Natera . In 1917 he came to Mexico City as a member of the Banda de Música de la División del Norte . The following year he became a member of the Banda de Música del Estado Mayor Presidencial under Melquiades Campos and studied horn at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música with Arturo Rocha , harmony with Estanislao Mejía and Aurelio Barrios y Morales, and composition with Gustavo E. Campa and Rafael J. Tello .

From 1920 he was librarian, and from 1920 to 1952 professor of music analysis at the Conservatorio Nacional. In 1924 he became a horn player in its symphony orchestra. In addition, he was from 1928 to 1937 chronicler and librarian of the Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional . In 1952 he received the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes .

Huízar composed four symphonies, symphonic poems and other orchestral works, choral music, songs and piano pieces and orchestrations of works by Bach , Vivaldi and Juventino Rosas .

Works

• Imágenes , symphonic poem, 1919
• A Una Onda , Romance, 1928
• Sonata para clarinete y fagot , 1931
• Pueblerinas , symphonic poem, 1931
• Surco , symphonic poem, 1935
• Ochpanixtli , Symphony, 1936
• Concierto Grueso , 1937
• Symphony No. 4 , 1942
• Cora , 1942