Antonio Lauro

María Carolina by Antonio Lauro.
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Antonio Lauro (born August 3, 1917 in Ciudad Bolívar , † April 18, 1986 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan composer and guitarist .

At the age of nine Lauro came to Caracas, where he was a student of Vicente Emilio Sojo , Juan Bautista Plaza , Savador Llamozas and Raúl Borges at the Escuela Superior de Música . From 1935 to 1943 he was a member of the Trio Cantores del Trópico , for which he composed numerous waltzes and in which he sang the bass and played guitar and cuatro .

Lauro was imprisoned from 1951 to 1952 under Marcos Pérez Jiménez's military junta . After his release, he founded the Raúl Borges trio . He was also professor and chair holder of guitar at the Conservatorio Juan José Landaeta in Caracas and director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela . In 1986 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Música .

Lauros Valses , Venezuelan waltzes with their characteristic rhythmic echoes of the dance of the Llanos Joropo , became particularly well known .

Works

• Cantaclaro , symphonic poem, 1947
• Suite Venezolana , 1951–52
• Variaciones Sobre Una Canción Infantil
• Waltz:
  • Four Venezuelan Waltzes: Natalia , Tatiana , Andreina , Yacambú , 1938–40
  • Tríptico : Armida , Madrugada , La Negra , 1974-76
  • El Negrito and La Gatica , 1984

"Seis por derecho" imitation of the harp (famous above all for the interpretation of Alirio Díaz )

literature

• Wolf Moser : "A lot can still be created in the tonal area". Conversation with the Venezuelan composer Antonio Lauro. In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 1, pp. 13-19.

Web links

• Works by and about Antonio Lauro in the catalog of the German National Library