Francisco de Paula Aguirre
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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...
n composer.
Aguirre was born in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, dedicates part of his life at the composition of waltzes
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...
, his works became popular pieces of the Venezuelan culture, also was a precursory of the player piano
Player piano
A player piano is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls. The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass-produced piano for the home in...
rolls manufacture in the country.
Between his works, emphasize "Claveles de Galipán", "Que Bella son las flores", "Dama Antañona" and the 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...
"Amalia". Francisco de Paula Aguirre, dies in 1939 .
Dama Antañona Lyrics
Dama Antañona Francisco De Paula Aguirre- De limpidos blasones
- tu fuiste la rosa
- románticos galanes
- dijeron ayer
- que trigueña tan linda que vi
- al salir de la misa de diez.
- Mirándote bajabas
- la frente de nácar,
- y candida esquivaban
- tus ojos la luz
- encendiendo fugaz el rubor
- en las blondas del velo andaluz.
- Dama antañona gentil
- el honor fue tu escudo
- supo en sus galas unir
- el amor y el hogar,
- noches de luna escuchó
- al balcón serenatas
- y de rendido galán aceptó
- las ternezas bailando un vals.
- Liadísimas muchachas
- del tiempo de ahora
- de púrpura los labios,
- los ojos carbón,
- falda corta, mejillas carmín,
- desenvueltas con aire de sport.
- Histéricas miradas
- que al hombre provocan,
- y lúbricos esguinces
- que impone el fox-trot;
- sin embargo su ser lleva en si
- inocencia, virtud y candor.
- Loca de dicha pueril
- inventó raro traje:
- quiso en dancing lucir
- el disfraz del ayer
- largas enaguas vistió
- y, al prender la mantilla,
- la caraqueña probo ser eterna,
- como antes, mujer y flor.
External links
- Youtube: Alberto González Lira / Dama Antañona
- Youtube: Dama Antañona
- Youtube: Mayra Marti en Clasicos Dominicales/Dama Antañona
- Venciclopedia: Francisco De Paula Aguirre
- Venciclopedia. Dama Antañona
See also
- VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , 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...
- Venezuelan music