Bienvenido Brens

Bienvenido Brens Florimón (born July 30, 1925 in Pimentel , † January 18, 2007 in Santo Domingo ) was a Dominican musician and composer.

Brens founded the group Los Alegres Dominicanos with Luis Kalaff and Pablo Molina in 1944 , with whom he performed at Voz Dominicana . He composed sons, waltzes, criollas, plenas, guarachas, merengues, boleros, mediatunas, mangulinas and danzas such as Al retorno , Apágame la vela, María , La cárcel de Sing Sing , Míl copas , Ninfa del alma , No me abandones , Peregrina sin amor and Tú no recuerdas . The most important interpreters of his compositions were Elenita Santos and Carlos Pizarro. Panchito Riset , Lope Balaguer , Julio Jaramillo , Danny Rivera , Johnny Ventura , Luchy Vicioso , Vinicio Franco and Francis Santana also sang songs by him. His Bolero Bendito Amor was premiered by Alberto Beltrán and later interpreted by international artists such as Los hermanos Lago , Leo Marini and the Mexican trio Los tres diamantes . In 1973 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit Duarte, Sánchez y Mella by the Dominican government .

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SURNAME	Brens, Bienvenido
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brens Florimón, Bienvenido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dominican musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Allspice (Provincia Duarte)
DATE OF DEATH	January 18, 2007
Place of death	Santo Domingo