Antigone (Sophocles play)
Antigone ( ; ) is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC.
Sinfonía de Antígona
The "Sinfonía de Antígona" originated from the incidental music Chávez composed for a production of Jean Cocteau's adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy "Antigone", given by the group Teatro Orientación at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City in 1932. Chávez re-shaped some of the musical materials and orchestrated the result as his First Symphony. It was premiered in Mexico City under the composer's baton on 15 December 1933 (; ). Two movements of the original theatre music, for a chamber ensemble of seven players, was eventually published by the composer's estate as "Antígona, apuntes para la Sinfonía" (Antigone, sketches for the Symphony) .