Huapango
Jose Pablo MoncayoPiece Duration: 7:54
About this Piece
Program Note: "The huapango [musical] style originated in Mexico's coastal Veracruz region; its usual instrumentation is a violin, a small folk harp, and various members of the guitar family, which Moncayo sometimes evokes with pizzicato (occasionally even strummed) strings and orchestral harp.
Moncayo based this work on three themes from Veracruz: El Siquisirí, El Balajú, and El Gavilancito. Toward the end, the composer creates a musical duel for the trumpet and trombone, in which they exchange musical phrases instead of the traditional insults of competing huapango singers." - James Reel
Arrangement: Listen to the three themes Moncayo based this piece on from Veracruz: El Siquisirí, El Balajú, and El Gavilancito. Can you find these melodies as they appear in the piece?
Notable Passages
Description: Here the violins can be heard playing the same quarter note triplets that the trumpets introduced at 0:53!
Keywords: Triplet , Hemiola , Imitation - Composition Technique
Description: While it is less noticeable than the trumpet solo above it, the Timpani and Double Bass accompaniment feature eighth note duplets on the second beat of the 6/8 bar. Can you find it in the sheet music?
Keywords: Duplet
Description: The trumpets introduce a melody that is immediately imitated by the strings and woodwinds at 1:18!
Keywords: Imitation - Melody , Imitation - Composition Technique
Description: The oboe introduces a second melody that is imitated by the violins and trombones at 3:14!
Keywords: Imitation - Melody , Imitation - Composition Technique
Description:
Texture: Listen in this section to the way the composer combines all of the instruments to play the same rhythmic figure. Amazing!
Keywords: Texture - Misc.