Sandi, Luis

Sandi, Luis , Mexican conductor, teacher, and composer; b. Mexico City, Feb. 22, 1905. He studied violin with Rocabruna (1923–30) and composition with Campa and Mejía (1925–31) at the National Cons. of Mexico City. He conducted a chorus at the Cons. (1922–35); in 1937 he founded the Coro de Madrigalistas and conducted it until 1965. He was a prof. of music in primary schools (1924–32) and chief of the Music Section of the Secretariat of Public Education (1933–65). He pubi. Introduction al estudio de la música: Curso completo (Mexico City, 1923; second ed., 1956) and a collection of articles as De música y otras cosas (Mexico City, 1969).

Works

DRAMATIC: Opera: Cariota (Mexico City, Oct. 23, 1948); La señora en su balcón (1964). Ba11et: Día de difuntos (1938); Bonampak (1948; Mexico City, Nov. 2, 1951); Coatlicue (1949). ORCH.: El venado (1932; Mexico City, Oct. 28, 1938); Sonora (1933); Suite banal for Small Orch. (1936); Norte (Mexico City, Aug. 15, 1941); Flute Concertino (1944); Tema y Variaciones (1944); Esbozos sinfónicos (1951); 4 Miniatures (1952); America, symphonie poem (1965); Sym. No. 2 (1979). CHAMBER: String Quartet (1938); La hoja de piata for Instruments (1939); Fátima, suite for Guitar (1948); Cuatro momentos for String Quartet (1950); Hoja de album for Cello and Piano (1956); Cello Sonatina (1958); Quintet (1960); Sonatina for Solo Violin (1967); Violin Sonata (1969); 4 piezas for Recorders (1977); piano pieces. VOCAL: Las troyanas for Chorus and Instruments (1936); Gloria a los heroes, cantata (1940); La suave patria, cantata (1951); choruses; songs.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire