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Written for the Studio Music Company Prelude Plus series (grade 2.5). The Mexica people of Central America were forced to flee their homeland in A.D. 1319. They fled to the city of Culhuacán, where they were enslaved and used as mercenaries. Many years later, they escaped and began a journey to find new lands and territories. Legend tells that their god told them that they must continue their search until they found an island, on which they would see an eagle perched on the branches of a cactus, devouring a serpent. In A.D. 1345, they found the island as the god had prophesied and they built the city of Tenochtitlan (Place of the Fruit of the Cactus) which became the capital and centre of what became known as the Aztec Empire. The piece is in four movements, each portraying a different Aztec God.
(Duration - 8.5 minutes)

Publisher: Studio Music