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MONCAYO, José Pablo

Jose Pablo Moncayo

Born in Guadalajara, June 29, 1912 
Died in Mexico City, June 15, 1958 

  • Moncayo studied with Carlos Chávez at the Mexico City Conservatory. He also took composition lessons with Aaron Copland in 1942. 
  • Moncayo formed the Group of Four with three other Mexican composers in 1934: the group wanted to foster a nationalist school of Mexican music (cf. Russia’s “The Five” and France’s “Les six”) 
  • Moncayo also conducted the National Symphony Orchestra (then called the Mexican Symphony Orchestra) from 1949-1954.1

Sources

  1. Ricardo Miranda Pérez, “Moncayo (García), José Pablo,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 2, 2021,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000018936. 

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