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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 5, 2024
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 5, 2024

Right from the beginning the traditional music of the native population influenced the classical composers. As a result, Mexican classical music has become a natural expression of the national character.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 4, 2024
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 4, 2024

Mexico has a long classical music tradition, extending back to the late 1500s. Composers emigrated from Spain to supply the great Mexican cathedrals with music. Within a generation, native-born composers assumed those roles.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 3, 2024
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 3, 2024

Right from the beginning the traditional music of the native population influenced the classical composers. As a result, Mexican classical music has become a natural expression of the national character.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 2 2024
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 2 2024

The Classics a Day team realizes that Cinco de Mayo is more of an American than a Mexican holiday. But it is an opportunity to celebrate Mexican culture. And so, the challenge for May is to post examples of Mexican classical music on your social media platforms.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 1 2024
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalMexico Week 1 2024

The Classics a Day team realizes that Cinco de Mayo is more of an American than a Mexican holiday. But it is an opportunity to celebrate Mexican culture. And so, the challenge for May is to post examples of Mexican classical music on your social media platforms.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 3
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 3

But Schickle wsn't the first composer to have some fun with "serious" music. The challenge this month is to post examples of musical humor in classical works.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 2
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalHumor Week 2

Peter Schickle wsn't the first composer to have some fun with "serious" music. The challenge this month is to post examples of musical humor in classical works.

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