- Tres cartas de México (Three letters from Mexico) was written in 1949. The work is a symphonic suite comprising three distinct movements.
- The work displays impressionistic influences, evoking the music of Ravel and Debussy, and even some Stravinsky.
- While Jiménez was first and foremost dedicated to writing sacred music, Tres cartas de México represents one of the composer’s less frequent forays into secular music.1
Sources
- John W. Duarte, Notes in accompanying booklet, Musica Mexicana Vol. 4 performed by the Orquesta Filarmonia de la Ciudad de Mexico conducted by Enrique Batiz, ASV 893, 1994, compact disc.
Cut IDs
26456