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La Fiesta del Fuego: The Antonio Gomezanda Papers at Northwestern University
Morris S. Levy February 24, 2017
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Invitation from the Director of Culture and Education in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico
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Gomezanda at Northwestern
1988 Jorge Velazco, Mexican conductor and musicologist, contacts Don Roberts Roberts contacts Yolanda Gomezanda de Macías 1989 Roberts travels to Mexico City to assess archive 1990 Northwestern purchases archive for $5,000 Roberts returns to Mexico City to bring back music manuscripts 1993 The rest of the archive is shipped to Evanston 2013 Archive processed by Morris Levy
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Description of the collection
Approximately 12 linear feet Music manuscripts ( ) Stage music (operas, ballets) Orchestral music Piano concertos Vocal music (piano and orchestral accompaniment) Band music Chamber music Piano music Sketchbooks Printed music ( ) Ediciones Gomezanda Other publishers (A. Wagner y Levien, Maurice Senart) Ephemera ( ) Playbills, programs, clippings, photographs, diaries
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Gomezanda at 11 months
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First known as a piano prodigy
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European tour (1921)
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Opens piano school for children (1925)
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La Fiesta del Fuego (“Xiuhtzitzquilo”) (1925) Piano score published by Maurice Senart (1928)
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La Fiesta del Fuego premieres in Berlin (Feburary 19, 1928)
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Ediciones “Gomezanda” (1931-1935)
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Opera Ranchera (1935)
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Piano Method Book (1942)
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Fantasía Ranchera (filmed 1944; released 1947)
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Fantasía Ranchera (filmed 1944; released 1947)
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Fantasía Ranchera (filmed 1944; released 1947)
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Gomezanda’s obituary
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Juanita Martin Ulloa’s Thesis
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¡Gracias!
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