- Title
- Two Mexican Pieces
- For
- orchestra
- Year Composed
- 1965
- Scoring
- 1.1.1.1-0.1.0.0-perc:xyl/conga dr/cyms/tgl/claves/wdbl/whip/rattle-2pft-strings
- Category
- Orchestral
- Duration
- 8'
- Movements
- 1. Paisaje Mexicano Duration: 4'Same As: Paisaje Mexicano in Three Latin American Sketches (1971) for small orchestra
Year Composed: 1959- Version: Paisaje Mexicano in Three Latin American Sketches (for wind ensemble) (2021) for wind ensemble
- 2. Danza de Jalisco Duration: 3'Same As: Danza de Jalisco in Three Latin American Sketches (1971) for small orchestra
Year Composed: 1959- Version: Danza de Jalisco in Three Latin American Sketches (for wind ensemble) (2021) for wind ensemble
- Arrangement: Danza de Jalisco (arr. solo piano) (1959) for piano
- Arrangement: Danza de Jalisco (arr. two pianos) (1963) for two pianos
- 1. Paisaje Mexicano
- Premieres
- 1. World: Washington, DC, April 20th, 1965 (Pan-American Union, cond. Copland)
- 2. Partial: Spoleto, Italy, July, 1959 ("Danza" only)
- Commission Info
- Gian Carlo Menotti and the Fondazione Festival Dei Due Mondi Spoleto, for the Spoleto Festival
- Publishing Status
- Withdrawn
Program Note
The music of Latin America had a particular appeal for Copland. He composed two dances that when put together became Two Mexican Pieces. Later, he added a third and changed the title to Three Latin American Sketches. Copland wrote, "The tunes, the rhythms, and the temperament of the pieces are folksy, while the orchestration is bright and snappy and the music sizzles along — or at least it seems to me that it does."
- Author
- Vivian Perlis
- Year
- 1998