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Released
  
1956

Venezuelan fiesta
  
Criollísima

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
RCA

Recorded
  
1956

Artist
  
Aldemaro Romero

Producer
  
Aldemaro Romero

Genre
  
Classical music

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Aldemaro Romero albums
  
Criollísima, Dinner in Caracas, Sketches in Rhythm, Valses venezolanos, Aldemaro Romero en Maracaibo

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Venezuelan Fiesta is the name of a 33-RPM LP album by Venezuelan composer/arranger/conductor Aldemaro Romero, released in 1956 (see 1956 in music), under contract with RCA Victor.

Contents

This was the second Romero's album with RCA Victor, featuring popular Venezuelan pieces, and the release of the joropo Venezuelan Fiesta, continuing with the modernization of Venezuelan folk music, upgrading it from folk instrumentations to full modern orchestral versions, and making it palatable to international audiences.

Album information

From the back cover of the album:

  • Las Bellas Noches de Maiquetía — Valse Venezolano (The Beautiful Nights of Maiquetía). "This composition by Pedro Arcila Ponte was inspired by the beauty of the nights of Maiquetía, a seaport near La Guaira."
  • Brisas del Zulia — Valse (Breezes of Zulia). "This is a musical tribute to Lake Maracaibo, written by Amable Espina."
  • Geranio — Valse (Geranium). "Written by one of Venezuela's foremost composers, Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, who also wrote the famous joropo Alma Llanera. The Vienna style is predominant."
  • Amalia — Valse-Joropo. "A very famous valse-joropo written by Francisco de Paula Aguirre and Leoncio Martínez "Leo"."
  • El Cari-Cari — Joropo. "One of the standard favorites of the country."
  • El Cumaco de San Juan — Merengue. "A typical merengue from Caracas."
  • El Polo Coriano — Polo. "An outstanding example of this type of music."

    • Songs

    1Las Bellas Noches de Maiquetía
    2Brisas del Zulia
    3Geranio

    References

    Venezuelan Fiesta Wikipedia
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