20th Century · Open Opus catalog

Carlos Chávez

1899 – 1978

Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for Carlos Chávez. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.

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Works by Carlos Chávez in the Open Opus catalog

49 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.

By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 6 Keyboard · 11 Orchestral · 25 Chamber · 7 Vocal.

  • 3 Exágonos, for soprano and chamber ensembleVocal
  • 3 Nocturnes, for chorusVocal
  • 3 Pieces, for guitarChamber
  • 4 Melodías Tradicionales Indias del Ecuador, for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensembleVocal
  • 7 Pieces for PianoKeyboard
  • Adelita y La cucaracha, for pianoKeyboard
  • Antigona — Incidental musicOrchestral
  • Arbolucu, te sequesteVocal
  • Cantos de MéxicoOrchestral
  • Cello ConcertoOrchestral
  • Energia for Nine InstrumentsChamber
  • Feuille d'album, for guitarChamber
  • Fuga HAG,C, for violin, viola, cello and double bassChamber
  • Invention I, for pianoKeyboard
  • Invention II, for string trioChamber
  • Invention III, for harpChamber
  • Lamentaciónes, for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensembleVocal
  • Madrigal, for cello and pianoChamber
  • Meditación, for pianoKeyboard
  • Nonantsin, Aztec folksong for choirVocal
  • Otros Tres Exágonos, for soprano and chamber ensembleVocal
  • Partita, for solo timpaniChamber
  • Piano ConcertoOrchestral
  • Piano Sonata no. 2Keyboard
  • Sextet, for piano and stringsChamber
  • Soli I, for oboe, clarinet, trumpet and bassoonChamber
  • Soli II, for wind quintetChamber
  • Soli IV, for horn, trumpet and tromboneChamber
  • Sonata, for 4 hornsChamber
  • Sonatina for PianoKeyboard
  • Sonatina, for cello and pianoChamber
  • Sonatina, for violin and pianoChamber
  • String Quartet no. 1Chamber
  • String Quartet no. 2, for violin, viola, cello and double bassChamber
  • String Quartet no. 3Chamber
  • Suite de caballos de vaporOrchestral
  • Suite, for double quartetChamber
  • Symphony no. 1, "Sinfonía de Antígona"Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 2, "Sinfonía india"Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 4, "Sinfonía romántica"Orchestral
  • Tambuco, for six percussion playersChamber
  • Three Spirals, for violin and pianoChamber
  • Toccata, for percussion instrumentsChamber
  • Trio for flute, viola and harpChamber
  • Trombone ConcertoOrchestral
  • Upingos, for oboeChamber
  • Variations, for violin with pianoChamber
  • Xochipilli, an Imagined Aztec MusicOrchestral
  • Zarabanda, for stringsOrchestral