Criollísima is the name of a 33-RPM LP album by Venezuelan composer/arranger/conductor Aldemaro Romero

Aldemaro Romero

Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.-Biography:...

, released in 1957 (see 1957 in music

1957 in music

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), under contract with RCA

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 Victor and distributed by Grabadora Venezolana de Discos.

This album features popular Venezuelan pieces, continuing with the modernization of Venezuelan folk music, upgrading it from folk instrumentations to full modern orchestral versions, and making it palatable to international audiences.

Track listing

Track	Song Title	Composer	Genre
1.	Concierto en la Llanura	Juan Vicente Torrealba Juan Vicente Torrealba Juan Vicente Torrealba Pérez in Caracas, Venezuela, is a Venezuelan harpist and composer of popular music.Although born on the outskirts of Caracas, the family moved while he was very young to a ranch in Camaguán, Guárico. The poverty of the family and the region were such that he worked as a...	Pasaje
2.	Que bellas son las Flores	Dr. Gómez Peraza	Venezuelan waltz Venezuelan waltz - History :Between the hall dances that arrived to Venezuela during the 19th century, waltz has been the one of greater root and dispersion. Waltz consists of a musical expression derived from an Austrian popular dance, the ländler...
3.	El Bachaco, Mi Coletón, Josefina	Reyna, Lorenzo Herrera Lorenzo Herrera Lorenzo Esteban Herrera is remembered as one of the greatest Venezuelan singers and composers of the first half of the 20th century.... , Lorenzo Herrera	Joropo Joropo The Joropo is a musical style resembling the waltz, and an accompanying dance, having African and European influences originated in Venezuela and performed in Colombia and Venezuela. It's a fundamental genre belonging to its typical music or música criolla...
4.	Visión Porteña	Pedro Pablo Caldera	Venezuelan waltz Venezuelan waltz - History :Between the hall dances that arrived to Venezuela during the 19th century, waltz has been the one of greater root and dispersion. Waltz consists of a musical expression derived from an Austrian popular dance, the ländler...
5.	Selección de Merengues	Arranger: Aldemaro Romero Aldemaro Romero Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.-Biography:...	Venezuelan merengue Venezuelan merengue The word merengue designates a musical form extended through all the Caribbean. The first occurrences of merengue in print in Venezuela are from scores of “dance merengue” of the second-half of the 19th century . As a dance craze, merengue acquired popularity in Caracas during the 1920s. It is... s
6.	Quitapesares	Carlos Bonnet Carlos Bonnet Carlos Bonnet was a Venezuelan composer, orchestra conductor, and militar....	Joropo Joropo The Joropo is a musical style resembling the waltz, and an accompanying dance, having African and European influences originated in Venezuela and performed in Colombia and Venezuela. It's a fundamental genre belonging to its typical music or música criolla...
7.	Rosa Gentil	Miller and Blakut	Venezuelan waltz Venezuelan waltz - History :Between the hall dances that arrived to Venezuela during the 19th century, waltz has been the one of greater root and dispersion. Waltz consists of a musical expression derived from an Austrian popular dance, the ländler...
8.	Canta tu Ruiseñor	Lorenzo Herrera Lorenzo Herrera Lorenzo Esteban Herrera is remembered as one of the greatest Venezuelan singers and composers of the first half of the 20th century....	Venezuelan merengue Venezuelan merengue The word merengue designates a musical form extended through all the Caribbean. The first occurrences of merengue in print in Venezuela are from scores of “dance merengue” of the second-half of the 19th century . As a dance craze, merengue acquired popularity in Caracas during the 1920s. It is...
9.	El Cigarrón	Juan Vicente Torrealba Juan Vicente Torrealba Juan Vicente Torrealba Pérez in Caracas, Venezuela, is a Venezuelan harpist and composer of popular music.Although born on the outskirts of Caracas, the family moved while he was very young to a ranch in Camaguán, Guárico. The poverty of the family and the region were such that he worked as a...	Golpe
10.	El Chivo	Balbino García	Venezuelan merengue Venezuelan merengue The word merengue designates a musical form extended through all the Caribbean. The first occurrences of merengue in print in Venezuela are from scores of “dance merengue” of the second-half of the 19th century . As a dance craze, merengue acquired popularity in Caracas during the 1920s. It is...

Miscellanea

• The woman at the cover of the album is the Venezuelan Miss World
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   1955, Susana Duijm.
• The album was recorded on November, 1956, at the Mexican RCA Victor
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   studios.
• The production and distribution was in charged of the company Grabadora Venezolana de Discos.

See also

• Venezuela
  Venezuela
  Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
  
  
• Aldemaro Romero
  Aldemaro Romero
  Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.-Biography:...
  
  
• Venezuelan music