Amalia de la Vega
Amalia de la Vega Fernández , real name María Celia Martínez Fernández , (born January 19, 1919 in Melo , † August 25, 2000 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan singer .
The Creole singer, whose repertoire included milongas and various folk rhythms, released more than a hundred songs and dozens of albums on the labels Sondor, Antar, Orfeo and Telefunken. She played an important role in the context of the Rioplatensian music. She found her final resting place in the Buceo cemetery in Montevideo, the city where she spent most of her life. In Parque de la Hispanidad recalls the Festival de Durazno ( Festival Internacional de Folklore a bust) to them.
Discography
- El lazo de canciones (Sondor 33016)
- Amalia la nuestra (Orfeo SULP 90589, 1975)
- Mientras fui dichosa (1975)
- Manos ásperas (Orfeo SULP 90589, 1978)
- Colonia del Sacramento (Orfeo SULP 90622)
- Juana de América (Orfeo 90628, 1980)
- Poetas nativistas orientales (Orfeo SCO 90674, 1982)
- A mi rancho
- Mate amargo (Antar, PLP 5042)
- Senora del folclore
Web links
- Biography (spanish)
- Biography (spanish)
- "La voz de la poesía criolla" on larepublica.com.uy (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Amalia de la Vega - Nadie ha sido capaz de cantar así por estas latitudes en ningún género ..." (Spanish)
- ↑ "Durazno se puso más internacional que nunca" ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vega, Amalia de la |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vega Fernández, Amalia de la |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melo |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 2000 |
| Place of death | Montevideo |