| Year
|
Title
|
Medium
|
| 1910 |
La danza de las brujas |
piano
|
| 1911 |
Serenata |
piano
|
| 1911 |
Canción |
piano
|
| 1911 |
Barcarola (1) |
piano
|
| 1911 |
Preludio |
violin and piano
|
| 1911 |
Nocturno |
piano
|
| 1912 |
Vals I and II |
piano
|
| 1912 |
Miniatura |
piano
|
| 1913 |
Serenata |
violin and piano
|
| 1913 |
Romanza |
violin and piano
|
| 1915 |
Segundo estudio de concerto |
piano
|
| 1915 |
À l'aube: image mexicaine |
piano
|
| 1915 |
Adelita & La cucaracha |
piano
|
| 1915 |
Anda buscando de rosa en rosa |
piano
|
| 1915/18 |
Symphony |
orchestra
|
| 1916 |
Himno en elogio de la espada |
chorus
|
| 1918 |
Berceuse |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Pensamiento feliz |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Carnaval |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Oda I |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Elegía I–II |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Extase |
voice and piano
|
| 1918 |
Gavota |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Esperanza ingenua |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Triste sonrisa |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Suavemente |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Meditación |
piano
|
| 1918 |
Meine lieber Flamen |
voice and piano
|
| 1918 |
Sonata fantasía (Sonata I) |
piano
|
| 1919 |
Sextet for piano and strings |
piano and strings
|
| 1919 |
Estrellas fijas (J.A. Silva) |
soprano or tenor and piano
|
| 1919 |
Barcarola (2) |
piano
|
| 1919 |
Du bist wie eine Blume (H. Heine) |
soprano and piano
|
| 1919 |
Adiós, adiós |
piano
|
| 1919/20 |
Valses íntimos I–IV |
piano
|
| 1919/20 |
Estudios I–IV |
piano
|
| 1920 |
Cuando empieza a caer la tarde |
piano
|
| 1920 |
Preludio |
piano
|
| 1920 |
Encanto sutil |
piano
|
| 1920 |
Noche: aguafuerte |
piano
|
| 1920 |
Hoja de álbum |
piano
|
| 1920 |
Benedición |
piano
|
| 1921 |
Vals Elegía |
piano
|
| 1921 |
Madrigal |
violoncello and piano
|
| 1921 |
Toxiumolpia: El fuego nuevo, Aztec ballet |
chorus (soprano, alto) and orchestra
|
| 1921 |
String Quartet No. 1 |
chamber
|
| 1921/22 |
Madrigals I–VII |
piano
|
| 1922 |
[4] Nocturnos |
piano
|
| 1922 |
Jarabe |
piano
|
| 1923 |
Polígonos |
piano
|
| 1923 |
Inútil epigrama (R. de Carvalho) |
soprano or tenor and piano
|
| 1923 |
Aspectos I–II |
piano
|
| 1923 |
A l'aube: image mexicaine (Imagen mexicana), op. 17 |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1923 |
[3] Piezas for guitarra |
guitar
|
| 1923 |
[3] Exágonos |
voice and piano
|
| 1924 |
Otros tres exágonos |
voice and piano
|
| 1924 |
Xochimilco Dance |
piano
|
| 1924 |
Sonatina for violoncello and piano |
violoncello and piano
|
| 1924 |
Sonatina for violin and piano |
violin and piano
|
| 1924 |
Sonatina for piano |
piano
|
| 1925 |
Foxtrot |
piano
|
| 1925 |
36 (initially called Horsepower, but later changed in order not to be confused with H.P.) |
piano
|
| 1925 |
Los cuatro soles, indigenous ballet |
soprano, chamber orchestra
|
| 1925 |
Energía |
piccolo, flute, bassoon, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, viola, violoncello, double bass)
|
| 1925 |
Cake Walk |
piano
|
| 1926 |
Solo |
piano
|
| 1926 |
Chapultepec: Three Famous Mexican Pieces |
band; arranged for orchestra in 1935
|
| 1926 |
[3] Etudes for piano … Chopin |
piano
|
| 1926–32 |
Caballos de vapor [H.P.] (sinfonía de baile, Chávez) (Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House, 31 Mar 1932, director L. Stokowski) |
orchestra
|
| 1927 |
H.P. Sinfonía de baile (also titled Caballos de vapor) (there is also a version for 2 pianos) |
orchestra
|
| 1928 |
Blues |
piano
|
| 1928 |
Piano Sonata No. 3 |
piano
|
| 1928 |
Fox |
piano
|
| 1929 |
Sonata for 4 horns |
4 horns
|
| 1930 |
Unidad |
piano
|
| 1930 |
Paisaje |
piano
|
| 1932 |
Tierra mojada |
SATB chorus, oboe, and English horn; also arranged for unaccompanied chorus
|
| 1932 |
String Quartet No. 2 |
chamber
|
| 1932 |
Antígona (incidental music for the play by Sophocles in Jean Cocteau's translation) |
Incidental music
|
| 1932 |
Todo (R. López Velarde, published together with North Carolina Blues as Dos canciones) |
mezzo-soprano or barítone and piano
|
| 1933 |
Sinfonía de Antígona (Symphony No. 1) |
orchestra
|
| 1933 |
Soli I |
oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet
|
| 1933 |
Cantos de México |
orchestra
|
| 1934 |
Llamadas: sinfonía proletaria |
chorus and orchestra
|
| 1934 |
El sol: corrido mexicano |
chorus and orchestra
|
| 1934 |
[3] Spirals |
violin and piano
|
| 1935 |
Chapultepec (Obertura republicana) [Marcha provinciana, Vals nostálgico, Canción de Adelita] |
orchestra or band
|
| 1935/36 |
Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) |
orchestra
|
| 1937 |
[10] Preludes for piano |
piano
|
| 1937 |
Chaconne in E Minor (orchestration of Buxtehude's organ work) |
orchestra
|
| 1937/38 |
Concerto for four horns and orchestra (adapted from the Sonata for four horns of 1929) |
four horns and orchestra
|
| 1938 |
[3] Poems: "Segador" (Pellicer), "Hoy no lució la estrella de tus ojos" (S. Novo), "Nocturna rosa" (Villaurrutia) |
soprano or tenor and piano
|
| 1938/40 |
Concerto for piano and orchestra |
piano, orchestra
|
| 1939 |
[4] Nocturnos, for voice and piano |
voice and piano
|
| 1939 |
La Paloma azul, coral |
chorus
|
| 1940 |
For Juanita |
piano
|
| 1940 |
Trio for flute, viola, and harp (arrangement of four pieces by Debussy and Falla) |
flute, harp, and viola
|
| 1940 |
Xochipilli Macuilxóchitl (later retitled Xochipilli: An Imagined Aztec Music) |
piccolo, flute, E♭ clarinet, trombone, and 6 percussionists
|
| 1941 |
La casada infiel (F. García Lorca) |
mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano
|
| 1941 |
Sonata IV, for piano |
piano
|
| 1941 |
Himno nacional (orchestration of work by Jaime Nunó) |
orchestra
|
| 1942 |
Arbolucu, te sequeste (Tree of Sorrow) |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1942 |
Fugues for piano |
piano
|
| 1942 |
"A Woman Is a Worthy Thing" (a cappella) |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1942 |
Toccata for percussion instruments |
instrumental music (percussion)
|
| 1942 |
Melodías tradicionales indias del Ecuador [4], for voice and piano |
vocal music (with piano)
|
| 1942 |
Miniatura: homenaje a Carl Deis |
piano
|
| 1942 |
Nocturnes [3] (a cappella) |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1943 |
Danza de la pluma |
piano
|
| 1943 |
La llorona |
piano
|
| 1943 |
Concerto in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 1 (orchestration of Vivaldi) |
orchestra
|
| 1943 |
La zandunga |
piano
|
| 1943 |
Suite, for double quartet |
chamber music
|
| 1943–44 |
The Daughter of Colchis: ballet in nine sections for double quartet |
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello
|
| 1944 |
La hija de Cólquide: suite for double quartet (six movements from the ballet) |
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello
|
| 1944 |
Saraband, for string orchestra (movement 7 from La hija de Cólquide) |
string orchestra
|
| 1944 |
"A! Freedome" |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1946 |
String Quartet No. 3 (movements 2, 3, and 4 from La hija de Cólquide) |
chamber
|
| 1946 |
Canto a la tierra |
unison chorus, two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, and tuba; also a version for unison chorus and orchestra; also a version for unison chorus and piano
|
| 1947 |
La hija de Cólquide, symphonic suite from the ballet |
orchestra
|
| 1947 |
Toccata for orchestra (incidental music for a scene in Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cervantes) |
orchestra (incidental music)
|
| 1947–50 |
Concerto for violin and orchestra |
violin, orchestra
|
| 1949 |
Estudio IV: homenaje a Chopin |
piano
|
| 1950 |
Left Hand Inversions of Five Chopin Etudes |
piano
|
| 1951 |
Symphony No. 3 |
orchestra
|
| 1951 |
Happy Birthday (a cappella) |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1952 |
[4] Nuevos estudios for piano |
piano
|
| 1953 |
Symphony No. 5, for string orchestra (for the Koussevistky Foundation) |
orchestra
|
| 1953 |
Symphony No. 4 Sinfonía romántica (For the Louisville Orchestra) |
orchestra
|
| 1953 |
Baile: cuadro sinfónico (original final movement of the Symphony No. 4) |
orchestra
|
| 1953/56 |
Panfilo and Lauretta (opera in three acts, libreto by Chester Kallman, after G. Boccaccio) (rev. as Love Propitiated, 1959; rev. as El amor propiciado (trad. N. Lindsay, E. Hernández Moncada), 1963; rev. as Los visitantes, 1968; revised as The Visitors, 1973) |
opera
|
| 1956 |
Prometheus Bound |
cantata for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra
|
| 1957 |
Upingos |
oboe
|
| 1957 |
Hippolytus (incidental music for the play by Euripides): Upingos: melody for oboe solo) |
Incidental music
|
| 1958 |
Invención (I) |
piano
|
| 1958 |
North Carolina Blues (Villaurrutia), vocal |
Vocal music (piano)
|
| 1960 |
Sonata V for piano |
piano
|
| 1961 |
Symphony No. 6 (for the Lincoln Center of the Arts of New York) |
orchestra
|
| 1961 |
Sonata VI for piano |
piano
|
| 1961 |
Soli II for wind quintet |
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
|
| 1962 |
Lamentaciones |
voice and piano
|
| 1964 |
Tambuco |
6 percussionists
|
| 1964 |
Resonancias |
orchestra
|
| 1964 |
Fuga H A G, C |
violin, viola, violoncello, double bass
|
| 1965 |
Soli III (bassoon, trumpet, viola, timpani and orchestra) |
bassoon, trumpet, viola, timpani, and orchestra
|
| 1965 |
Invention II |
violin, viola, violoncello
|
| 1966 |
Soli IV |
horn, trumpet, trombone
|
| 1967 |
Mañanas mexicanas |
piano; arranged for band (1974)
|
| 1967 |
Elatio, orchestra |
orchestra
|
| 1967 |
Invention III |
harp
|
| 1967 |
Vocalización aguda |
soprano and piano
|
| 1968 |
Pirámide, ballet in four acts |
ballet music for orchestra, SATB chorus, and magnetic tape
|
| 1968 |
Fragmento (a cappella speaking chorus, from Pirámide) |
speaking chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1969 |
Discovery, orchestra |
orchestral music
|
| 1969 |
Variations, for violín and piano |
Instrumental chamber music (duo)
|
| 1969 |
Clio: Symphonic Ode |
orchestral music
|
| 1971 |
Initium, for orchestra |
orchestral music
|
| 1972 |
Tema equis, publicity theme for Mexican Television |
chorus and small instrumental ensemble
|
| 1972 |
Nonantzin (a cappella) |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1973 |
Estudio a Rubinstein |
piano
|
| 1973 |
Partita, for timpani |
solo music
|
| 1973 |
Sonante, for orchestra |
orchestral music
|
| 1973 |
Paisajes mexicanos, for orchestra |
orchestral music
|
| 1974 |
A Pastoral |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1974 |
NOKWIC |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1974 |
Feuille d'album for guitar |
solo instrumental music (guitar)
|
| 1974 |
The Waning Moon |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1974 |
Sonante, for string orchestra |
string orchestra
|
| 1974 |
Tzintzuntzan, symphonic variations for band |
band music
|
| 1974 |
"Rarely" (a cappella) |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1974 |
Epistle (a cappella) |
chorus, unaccompanied
|
| 1975 |
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (unfinished) |
orchestral music (concerto)
|
| 1975 |
Caprichos for piano [5] |
piano
|
| 1976 |
Zandunga Serenade, for band |
band
|
| 1976/77 |
Concerto for trombone and orchestra |
trombone, orchestra
|
