- Sensemayá (1938) was originally a voice & orchestra setting of a poem by Afro-Cuban poet and revolutionary Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989). Later, Reveultas arranged the work for orchestra only.
- The poem depicts the ritual killing of a snake. (Full text and translation here)
- Listen for: the unusual meters of 7/8 and 7/16.1
Sources
- Robert Stevenson, “Revueltas, Silvestre,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 7, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000023289.
Cut IDs
14662, 15100