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LA FIESTA MEXICANA (Mass & Aztec Dance)
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THIS IS BASED ON AZTEC, ROMAN CATHOLIC AND MARIACHI MUSIC AND SUBTITLED 'A MEXICAN FOLK SONG SYMPHONY'. WRITTEN BY H. OWEN REED (1949) ON A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP IN MEXICO. PERFORMED MY 1ST YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY THE ALL STATE H.S. BAND.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Genre
World • Traditional Spanish
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#103 in subgenre Peak #1
Charts
Peak #11
Author
H. Owen Reed - 1949
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public domain
Uploaded
April 13, 2009
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MP3 11.9 MB • 192 kbps • 8:40
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Reed's best known and most widely performed work is the three-movement concert band composition La Fiesta Mexicana (1949), composed with the support of a Guggenheim Fellowship. The work is based on Aztec, Roman Catholic, mariachi, and other musics Reed heard while in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, and Chapala, Mexico for six months (1948-49). He returned to Mexico in 1960 for a month's further study. He has also studied folk music in the Caribbean in February 1976, and in Norway in the summer of 1977. La Fiesta Mexicana, subtitled A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band, depicts a religious festival dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Faithfully representing all of the festival's moods, the music is both comical and solemn, devout and pagan, boisterous and tender.
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ALEXIS PATRICK
Jul 25, 2009
Ivan, I am also sorry to hear about your Father. He is in Heaven. If you need someone to talk to, at any time, my e-mail is Lekzee1@yahoo.com, then I will give you my telephone number or get yours. Like I said, your music is so enchanting, very beautiful.