Toccata for Percussion Instruments (Chávez)

Toccata for Percussion Instruments
by Carlos Chávez
Portrait of Carlos Chávez by Carl van Vechten (1937)
Composed1942 (1942)
Movements3
Premiere
DateOctober 31, 1947
ConductorEduardo Hernández Moncada
PerformersMembers of the orchestra of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música

The Toccata for Percussion Instruments (1942), was written by the twentieth-century Mexican composer Carlos Chávez. It is among his most popular compositions. The composition is written for six musicians playing a number of percussion instruments.