Delgadillo, Luis A. (Luis Abraham), 1887-1961

Composed 1934.--Cf. Fleisher Collection

Composed 1921. First performance Guatemala City, 14 September 1921, Guatemala Orchestra, the composer conducting. Title Sinfonia Indigena crossed out on title page and changed to Sinfonia centroamericano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

First performance 12 May, 1939, Orquesta Sinfonica Nicaragua, Managua, composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

First performance Managua, Nicaragua, 1927, Orquesta Filarmonica de Nicaragua, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1937. First performance Managua, Nicaragua, May 1938, Orquesta Filarmónica de Nicaragua, the composer conducting. Dedicated to Nicolas Slonimsky. Composer assigned "op. 150" to this work and to callno.: 3264.--Cf. leisher Collection.

From the symphony composed 1926-27. First performance Municipal Theatre, Caracas, Venezuela, 20 May 1927, Caracas Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1928. First performance Managua, Nicaragua, 20 January 1929, composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1938. First performance in Managua, July 21, 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1928. First performance Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, 24 June 1946, Symphony Orchestra of Trujillo, composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed in 1937. First performance by the Symphony Orchestra of Léon, Léon, Nicaragua, Mar. 23, 1938, at the Municipal Theatre, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Suggested by Rubén Darío's narrative poem of the same name. The rawis in Arabic tradition were professional reciters who preserved pre-Islamic poetry in oral tradition until it was written down in the 8th century. Ballet music was composed 1918. Awarded a prize from the Ministry of Public Instruction in Nicaragua.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

The "Inca symphony" was composed 1926-27. First performance Municipal Theatre, Caracas, Venezuela, 20 May 1927, Caracas Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. For the score and parts for the third movement from this symphony, "Danza salvaje," see callno.: 3264.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.