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Silvestre Revueltas

Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1940)

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Born
December 31, 1899
Died
October 5, 1940
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1899

About Silvestre Revueltas

Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez (December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940) was a Mexican classical music composer, a violinist, and conductor. He began his first film score, Redes, in 1934, a commission which resulted in Revueltas and Chávez falling out. Revueltas left Chávez's orchestra in 1935 to be the principal conductor of a newly created and short-lived rival orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional.

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Silvestre Revueltas timeline

  1. He began his first film score, Redes, in 1934, a commission which resulted in Revueltas and Chávez falling out.
  2. Revueltas left Chávez's orchestra in 1935 to be the principal conductor of a newly created and short-lived rival orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional.

The world when Silvestre Revueltas was born

Silvestre Revueltas was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Silvestre Revueltas's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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