Musicatlas
Music
Piano music:
- Amor filial, fantasia poetica (1880)
- Vals Capricho, Op. 1
- Nerveux et Gracieux, Deux mazurkas, Op. 3
- Clotilde, vals elegante, Op. 4
- Ballade en sol mineur, Op. 5
- Scherzino, Op. 6
- Douze etudes pour piano d’apres Clementi, Op. 7
- Trois pensées musicales, Op. 8
- Appassionato
- Melodie
- Menuet
- Valse intime, Op. 9, no. 1
- Minueto en La bemol, Op. 9, no. 2
- Aires nacionales mexicanos, Capricho brillante, Op. 10
- Polonaise, Op. 11
- Laender, Op.12, no. 1
- Valse-bluette, Op. 12, no. 2
- Six préludes, Op. 15
- Feuille d’album
- Barcarole
- Rêve
- Sérènade
- Nocturne
- Etude
- Près du Ruisseau, Op. 16
- Valse impromptu, Op.17
- Suite, Op. 18
- Prélude — Moderato
- Sarabande — Andante
- Caprice —- Vivo
- Valse rêveuse, Op. 19
- Estudio de concierto, no. 1, 2, Op. 20
- Minué, Op. 23
- Deux morceux de concert, Op. 24
- Gondoliera (Souvenir de Venise)
- Tarantella
- Valse de concert, Op. 25
- Valse arabesque, Op.26, no. 1
- Berceuse, Op. 26, no. 2
- Impromptu en forma de valse, Op. 28, no. 1
- Impromptu en forma de polca, Op. 28, no. 2
- Improvisaciones, 8 danzas características mexicanas, Op. 29
- Deux pieces intimes, Op. 30
- Valse sentimentale
- Barcarolle
- Vals amoroso, Op. 31, no. 2
- Menuet a Ninon, Op. 32
- Moment de valse, Op. 34, no. 1
- Petite Marche militaire, Op. 34, no. 2
- Berceuse, Op. 36, no. 1
- Valse mélancolique, Op. 36, no. 2
- Barcarolle, Op. 37, no. 1
- Valse fugitive, Op. 37, no. 2
- Menuet rococo, Op. 38, no. 1
- Plainte, Op. 38, no. 2
- Valse printanière, Op. 39
- Menuet humoristique, Op. 40
- Impromptu, Op.41
- Scherzando, Op. 42
- Fileuse, Op. 43
- Nostalgie, Op. 44
- Gavotte et Musette, Op. 45
- Mazurka, Op. 46
- Thème Varié, Op. 47
- Primero nocturno en Si menor, Op. 48
- Segundo nocturno en Fa# menor, Op. 49
- Alegría de corazón
- Canción sin palabras
- Canto de amor
- Cuatro danzas
- Coqueteria
- Declaración
- Si...
- En vano
- Danza frivola
- Deuxième polonaise
- Josefina, Vals
- Mazurca en si menor
- Mazurca melancólica
- Scherzetto
- Soirées mondaines (Cinq valses legéres)
- Vibration d’amour
- Parfums de Vienne
- Paris entrainant
- Fleurs, femmes et chant
- Frivole passionnée
- Valse capricieuse
- Vals caressante (Vals cariñoso)
Life
Ricardo Castro, pianist and composer was director of the National Conservatory, and there was assisted by a corps of teachers, consisting of fifty-five professors, nearly all Mexicans.
Señor Castro was Mexico’s foremost pianist and composer. His opera, “La Leyenda de Rudel” (“The Legend of Rudel”) has distinct merit and has found great popular favor. An Italian opera company playing in the city of Mexico offered their services for the first production of the opera, which took place in October of 1906, and was a signal triumph, not only for Ricardo Castro, but for Mexico, for it demonstrated the fact that there is latent talent among the people and that only careful development is necessary to produce a national music worthy of universal recognition.