Carrillo, Julián (1875-1965)| Mexican composer. He studied at the National Conservatory in Mexico City, won a violin prize, and made further studies at Leipzig and Ghent Conservatories in Europe. Returning to Mexico in 1905, he was active as a violinist and conductor as well as a composer. He experimented in his later works with music using small fractional divisions of the scale. |
Works Opera Ossian (1902), Mexico in 1810 (1909), Xulitl (1920, revised 1947). |
Church music two Masses, Requiem. |
Orchestral six symphonies (1901-48), three suites, overture 8 de Septiembre, symphonic poem Xochimilco for orchestra; fantasy for piano and orchestra, concerto for flute, violin, and cello. |
Chamber four string quartets, piano quintet, string sextet; four violin and piano sonatas. |
Other 40 works in fractional scales, including Ave Maria for chorus, Fantasía Sonido 13 for chamber orchestra, Preludio a Cristobál Colón for soprano and ensemble. |
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