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Juan Morel Campos (16 May 1857 – 12 May 1896), sometimes erroneously spelled Juan Morell Campos, was a Puerto Rican composer, considered by many to be responsible for taking the genre of danza to its highest level. He composed over 550 musical works before he died unexpectedly at age 38.
Tavárez is considered to be Puerto Rico's first Romantic era composer. He also composed music in other genres as well. Among his best known works was the funeral march Redención (Redemption), dedicated to the memory of José Campeche; the rhapsody Souvenir de Puerto Rico, and his danzas Recuerdos de Antaño (Remembrance of Yesteryear) and what is considered his greatest work, the danza ...
The festival centers on the danza, a musical genre native from the city of Ponce and oftentimes called "Puerto Rico's classical music" [7] with rhythm, tune, and cadence that are similar to the waltz. [8] The celebration lasts a week and takes place in mid-May. It is sponsored by the Ponce Municipal Government and the Institute of Puerto Rican ...
Danza is a musical genre that originated in Ponce, a city in southern Puerto Rico. [1] It is a popular turn-of-the-twentieth-century ballroom dance genre slightly similar to the waltz . [ 2 ] Both the danza and its cousin the contradanza are sequence dances, performed to a pattern, usually of squares, to music that was instrumental.
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The small town is located in the western part of Puerto Rico. His father was a music teacher who gave private lessons on the use of musical instruments. Mislan learned from his father how to play the clarinet and the euphonium (the latter is essential in the performance of Puerto Rican danzas). When he was very young he went to Spain to further ...
A longtime and beloved studio grip died early Saturday in a car accident after pulling a 14-hour overnight shift on the TV series “9-1-1.” Rico Priem, 66, who worked on productions including ...
Rico Priem, a 9-1-1 crew member who died in a car accident last month, was killed by a heart attack. An autopsy report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office, obtained by Variety ...