Dinner in Caracas 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 1955, under contract with RCA

RCA

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This album was to be the first of a very successful series of records, whose names began with "Dinner in ..." featuring popular Latin American pieces. The Dinner in Caracas album was innovative work, a stylish modernization of Venezuelan folk music, upgrading it from folk instrumentations to full modern orchestral versions, and making it palatable to international audiences.

The album Dinner in Caracas included Venezuelan-only pieces such as: Alma Llanera, Dama Antañona, La Reina, Adiós a Ocumare, Conticinio, Endrina, Fúlgida Luna, Besos en mis sueños, Serenata, Luna de Maracaibo, and Sombra en los Médanos.

Track listing

Track	Song Title	Composer	Genre	Time
1.	Alma Llanera Alma Llanera Alma Llanera is a popular Joropo song composed by Pedro Elías Gutiérrez and with lyrics of Rafael Bolívar Coronado. It was part of a zarzuela whose premiere was on September 19, 1914 at the Teatro Municipal de Caracas....	Pedro Elías Gutiérrez Pedro Elías Gutiérrez Pedro Elías Gutiérrez was a Venezuelan musician who is mainly remembered by the joropo song Alma Llanera, whose music he composed.-Life and valoration:...	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...	2:31
2.	Luna de Maracaibo	Lionel Velasco	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...	3:53
3.	Endrina	Napoleón Lucena	Venezuelan bambuco Venezuelan bambuco This musical genre is typical from the Andean region , it is also found in the States of Zulia, Bolívar, Lara and in the Capital District ; in the latter found in the form of romanticmelodies....	4:56
4.	Conticinio	Laudelino Mejías Laudelino Mejías Laudelino Mejías, b. , d. , was a Venezuelan composer, best known for the waltz Conticinio.- Early life :...	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...	3:11
5.	La Reina	Amable Torres	Danza Zuliana	3:39
6.	Adios A Ocumare	Angel M Landaeta	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...	3:46
7.	Sombra En Los Médanos	Rafael Sánchez López	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...	2:37
8.	Serenata	M. E. Pérez Díaz	Love song Love song A love song is about falling in love and the feelings it brings. Anthologies of love songs often contain a mixture of both of these types of song. A bawdy song is both humorous and saucy, emphasizing the physical pleasure of love rather than the emotional joy...	2:54
9.	Dama Antañona	Leoncio Martínez / Francisco de Paula Aguirre Francisco de Paula Aguirre Francisco de Paula Aguirre was a Venezuelan composer.Aguirre was born in Caracas, dedicates part of his life at the composition of waltzes, his works became popular pieces of the Venezuelan culture, also was a precursory of the player piano rolls manufacture in the country.Between his works,...	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...	3:41
10.	Fúlgida Luna	Compilation: Vicente Emilio Sojo Vicente Emilio Sojo Vicente Emilio Sojo was a Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer, born in Guatire, Miranda.- Biography :...	Love song Love song A love song is about falling in love and the feelings it brings. Anthologies of love songs often contain a mixture of both of these types of song. A bawdy song is both humorous and saucy, emphasizing the physical pleasure of love rather than the emotional joy...	2:45
11.	Besos En Mis Sueños	Augusto Brandt	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...	3:08
12.	Barlovento Barlovento (song) Barlovento is a well-known Venezuelan song, that was composed in 1936 by Eduardo Serrano, like anecdotal data, Serrano explains that his composition was made without knowing this region of the Miranda state in Venezuela.-Barlovento Lyrics:...	Eduardo Serrano Eduardo Serrano Eduardo Valentín Serrano Torres , was a Venezuelan popular musician, conductor and composer.-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...	2:31

Sources

• Aldemaro Romero - Venezuela en Ritmo