This one-movement work for orchestra is subtitled “A Popular Type Dance Hall in Mexico City.” The piece was inspired by Copland’s trip to Mexico and premiered in 1937 in Mexico City, with Carlos Chávez conducting.
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
El Salón México was written by Aaron Copland.
Aaron Copland released El Salón México on Fri Jan 01 1937.
Copland wrote in his autobiography:
Perhaps my piece might never have been written if it hadn’t been for the existence of the Salón México. I remember reading about it for the first time in a tourist guide book: “Harlem-type nightclub for the peepul [ sic in the source quoted], grand Cuban orchestr...