Jaurés Lamarque Pons

Jaurés Lamarque Pons (born May 9, 1917 in Salto ; † June 11, 1982 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan pianist and composer .

biography

The second-born son of Enrique Lamarque and María Eulalia Pons began violin lessons in Salto with Egidio Monetti at the age of eight . From the age of 17 he continued his musical training with Guillermo Kolischer in Montevideo . He also deepened his musical training with Tomás Mujica , Guido Santórsola and Enrique Casal Chapí . At 22, he took a job as a pianist at Capitol Dancing , a cabaret on Calle Itauzaingó . There he began his career as an Orquesta Típica pianist. From 1940 he was then employed in the Café Tabarís as part of the Luis Carusos orchestra . From then on he appeared on radio, television, cabarets and restaurants. In 1980 he composed a hymn for Salto with a text by Julio Garet Mas . In addition, Lamarque Pons, known for his storytelling, also appeared as an author at his appearances.

Works

• Aires de milonga (1943).
• Cinco poemas (1944).
• Tres danzas pintorescas (1947).
• Pequeña suite de danzas (1949).
• Tres piezas para violín (1949).
• Dos invenciones (1950).
• Fantasía (1950).
• Tema y variaciones (1950).
• Sortilegio (1951).
• Suite de Ballet según Figari (1952).
• Sonata N ° 1 (1952).
• Sonata N ° 2 (1953).
• Suite rioplatense (1954).
• Tríptico montevideano (1956).
• Concierto para piano, cuerdas y percusión (1959).
• Dos piezas riplatenses (1960).
• Pieza para trío de cañas (1962).
• Danza a la manera popular (1962).
• Un tal sombrero (1963).
• Marta Gruni (ópera, 1965).
• Cuatro humoradas para piano y percusión (1972).
• Rapsodia bárbara (1973).
• Concertino de otoño (1973).
• Concertino de verano (1975).
• Concertino de invierno (1976).
• La ciudad gris (1976).
• Montevideanos (1976).
• Siete temas de tango (1979).
• Concertino de primavera (1980).
• Pieza para violoncello y piano (1981).
• Tema de tango para violoncello (1982).
• Homenaje a Alfredo de Simone (1982).

Film music

• El niño de los lentes verdes (Dir.Másntaras y Hintz, 1961)
• La raya amarilla (Carlos Maggi, 1962)

Theater music

• Un enredo y un marqués (dir. Antonio Larreta, 1963)
• Marta Gruni , opera in two acts on the drama of the same name by Florencio Sánchez in 1967

Web links

• A 94 años del nacimiento de Jaurés Lamarque Pons (Spanish) in Diario El Pueblo on May 8, 2011, accessed on March 5, 2012
• "La orilla oriental del tango: historia del tango uruguayo", p.119 by Juan Carlos Legido