George Gates
Mosaico De Mexico
for Concert Band - Full Score only
George Gates
Mosaico De Mexico
for Concert Band - Full Score only
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer George Gates
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- Publisher Southern Music Company
- Order no. SMC-S403FS
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Description:
This composition by George Gates takes three Mexican songs and arranges them for symphonic band. The first song/movement. 'Alma Llanera,' originally from Venezuela, had become a popular, traditional favorite of the marimba bands of the Tehuantepec region of southern Mexico. The second song, 'Azteca (Subo Subo),' is an Aztec lament from the pre-Hispanic period. The final song, 'Huapango (De Veracruz),' is a folk dance form native to the Veracruz region.