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On 7 June 1897, the Congress of the Dominican Republic passed an act adopting "Himno Nacional" with the original music and revised lyrics as the country's official national anthem; however, then-President Ulises Heureaux (1846–1898) vetoed the act, because the lyric's author, Prud’Homme, was an opponent of the president and his ...
Emilio Prud'Homme y Maduro [1] (August 20, 1856 - July 21, 1932) was a Dominican lawyer, writer, and educator. Prud'Homme is known for having authored the lyrics of the Dominican national anthem.
Among the known poems, written by Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo, are Tristezas de la noche, Santana, Canto de guerra, Antifona, El Criollo, Desconsuelo, Suplica, Himno, La Cartera del proscribado, and four other poems without titles. In his romantic production, is the poem Romance, the theme of bitterness is evident. Remoteness portrays ...
Himno Nacional means National Anthem in Spanish. It may refer to: Himno Nacional Argentino; Himno Nacional de Bolivia; Himno Nacional de Chile; Himno Nacional de Costa Rica; Himno Nacional de El Salvador; Himno Nacional de Guatemala; Himno Nacional de Honduras; Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia; Himno nacional de Panamá; Himno ...
Salomé Ureña Díaz de Henríquez (October 21, 1850 – March 6, 1897) was a Dominican poet and teacher, being one of the central figures of 19th-century lyrical poetry and advocator for women's education in the Dominican Republic, influenced by the positivist schools and the normal education of Eugenio María de Hostos, of whom she was an advantaged student.
The origins of Merengue dance are unclear, to say the least but the city of Navarrete is believed to be the exact place of origin of merengue tipico;. [4] The musician Nico Lora, a native of that town, perfected it and is the author of many well known merengue themes as old as 100 years .
Dominican Spanish (español dominicano) is Spanish as spoken in the Dominican Republic; and also among the Dominican diaspora, most of whom live in the United States, chiefly in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
Jorge Octavio Morel Tavárez (known as Yoryi Morel) was a Dominican painter, musician, and teacher born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic; he is remembered as the leading costumbrista painter in the country and one of the early progenitors of the Dominican modernist school of painting, along with contemporaries Jaime Colsón, Darío Suro, and Celeste Woss y Gil.