Are you familiar with the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas? You should be, especially if you like modern composers such as Stravinsky and Béla Bartók. Revueltas is one of the all too many artists who was taken from us prematurely, though what pieces he was able to complete prior to his death at the age of 40 are known for their kinetic passion and free innovations. "La noche de los Mayas" being especially well known, with the final movement incorporating over a dozen different percussion instruments and meant to depict a Mayan sacrificial dance. Here is the Martinez Bourguet String Quartet playing one of his string quartets.
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