El Indio Modesto Laya
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El Indio Modesto Laya is the name of a 33-RPM LP album by Venezuelan llanero
singer Ángel Custodio Loyola
, released in 1977, at the celebration of Loyola's 30 years of artistic life.
Llanero
A llanero is a Venezuelan or Colombian herder. The name is taken from the Llanos grasslands occupying western Venezuela and eastern Colombia. The Llanero were originally part Spanish and Indian and have a strong culture including a distinctive form of music.During the wars of independence,...
singer Ángel Custodio Loyola
Ángel Custodio Loyola
Ángel Custodio Loyola , was a Venezuelan singer and composer, better known for being pioneering at the diffusion of joropo and the popular music of the Venezuelan plains, also for being defender of the country’s folklore, and his work for the masification of Venezuelan music, popularizing and being...
, released in 1977, at the celebration of Loyola's 30 years of artistic life.
Track listing
| Track | Song Title | Composer | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Corrio Indio Modesto Laya | Ángel Custodio Loyola | Corrio |
| 2. | Ruégole a San Rafael | Ángel Custodio Loyola | 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... |
| 3. | Ay! los cantantes modernos | José V. Rojas | Carnaval 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. | Adiós Alfredo Briceño | Loyola / Juan V. Rojas | Romance |
| 5. | El tigre ronca en Aragua | Juan V. Rojas | Corrio |
| 6. | Fue un letrado | Eduardo H. Guevara / Loyola | llanero poem |
| 7. | Catira llanera | Juan V. Rojas | 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... |
| 8. | Poner a Dios por testigo | Loyola / Ignacio Figueredo Ignacio Figueredo Ignacio Ventura Figueredo , was a Venezuelan folk musician and harpist.-His early successes:At age 11 he made his first public presentations in San Juan de Payara... |
Pasaje |
| 9. | Por ser buen venezolano | Joel Hernández | 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... |
| 10. | El numerao número dos | Juan V. Rojas | 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... |
Additional information
- At the back cover of the album, Pedro Lacorte makes a review about the career of Loyola.
- The album was recorded by engineer Uwe Pauser at the Grabaciones Hansa C.A. studio.
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