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Cada Cancion Con Su Razon
''Cada Cancion con su Razon'' is a studio album by Chabuca Granda released on the EMI label in 1981. Granda had suffered a heart attack in 1979 and was in poor health thereafter. She recorded ''Cada Cancion con su Razon'' in 1980 at the EMI studios in Buenos Aires while performing in Argentina. She was accompanied by Caitro Soto, Pititi Sirio, and Álvaro Lagos. Lucho González was in charge of arranging and conducted the orchestra, and Hugo Casas was the album's artistic director. The album combined newer works and new renditions of Granda's classic songs. It was Granda's final album, as she died March 1983. Track listing Side A # "La flor de la canela" # "El surco" # "Zaguan # "Toro mata" # "Una larga noche" # " José Antonio" Side B # "Fina estampa" # "Coplas a Fray Martin" # "La torre de Marfil" # "Ollita Nomas" # "Cardo o ceniza "Cardo o ceniza" (translated "thistle or ash") is a song written and performed by Chabuca Granda. It was written in 1973 and tells of the passiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chabuca Granda
María Isabel Granda Larco (3 September 1920 – 8 March 1983), better known as Chabuca Granda, was a Peruvian singer and composer. She created and interpreted a vast number of Criollo waltzes with Afro-Peruvian rhythms. Granda's "La flor de la canela", "José Antonio", "El Puente de los Suspiros", and "Fina estampa" helped the singer receive international recognition. She has influenced various Peruvian artists such as Susana Baca, Eva Ayllón, Gian Marco and Juan Diego Flórez. In 2017, her work was declared a ''Cultural Heritage of the Nation'' and in 2019, the Peruvian government posthumously awarded her the highest national honor, the Order of the Sun. Life and career Granda was born on 3 September 1920, in a copper mining area in the region of Apurímac. She began singing at 12 years old, in the school choir at the exclusive girls' school Colegio Sophianum, in San Isidro, an affluent neighborhood of Lima, Peru. At this age she sang as a soprano (an operation later gave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitro Soto
Pedro Carlos Soto de la Colina (23 October 1934, San Luis, Cañete, Peru – 19 July 2004, Lima, Peru), popularly known as Caitro Soto, was an Afro-Peruvian musician and composer. He was known for his version of the Peruvian folk song, "Toro Mata" and as part of the Afro-Peruvian artist's collective Peru Negro. Peru Negro, located in Lima, is one of the most important organizations dedicated to preserving Afro-Peruvian music, dance and culture. Soto appeared in '' The Motorcycle Diaries'' as "Papá Carlito", a resident of the leper colony at San Pablo, Peru. There is a book by Caitro Soto written in Spanish with an accompanying compact disc entitled ''De Cajón: Caitro Soto – el duende en la música Afroperuana'', published by el Comercio in Lima, Peru, in 1995. Filmography References External linksDe cajón : el duende en la música afroperuanaat WorldCat WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of tens of thousands of institutions (mostly libraries) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Flor De La Canela
"La flor de la canela", commonly translated to the English language as "The Cinnamon Flower", is a Creole waltz composed by the Peruvian singer-songwriter Chabuca Granda. The song was first recorded in 1950 by the musica criolla trio Los Morochucos. However, it would be the 1953 version recorded by Los Chamas, another musica criolla ensemble, that would bring the song and Chabuca Granda widespread notability in Spain and Latin America with over 600 versions of the song being available. Since then, the song has become an unofficial anthem for Lima, the capital of Peru. Other versions Notable covers In 2013, Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco recorded a cover which served as the lead single for his album Versiones. His version helped the album be cerfied gold in Perú and became nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Gian Marco performed the song at the Latin Grammy Awards that year. In 2016, Panamanian singer Rubén Blades released a salsa version of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio (song)
"José Antonio", sometimes also known as "Caballo de paso", is a song written and performed by Chabuca Granda. The song is in the tondero style. It was a tribute to friend of Granda's father and horse breeder who helped save the Peruvian Paso horse. Composition Granda wrote "José Antonio" in 1957 as a tribute to José Antonio de Lavalle y García (1888-1957), a friend of her father, agronomist, and horse breeder who was responsible for the recovery of the Peruvian Paso breed of horse. The actual José Antonio died in May 1957. The song's lyrics describe José Antonio as he rides his horse wearing a jipijapa (Panama hat), Creole Berber, scarf and poncho, and holding silk reins. Later, the song transitions to a farewell to José Antonio: "José Antonio, José Antonio, ¿por qué me dejaste aquí? Cuando te vuelva a encontrar que sea junio y garúe" ("Jose Antonio, Jose Antonio, Why did you leave me here? When I find you again let it be June and garue."). Recording history In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fina Estampa (song)
"Fina estampa" (translation "fine mien") is a song written in 1956 by the Peruvian singer-songwriter, Chabuca Granda. The song is a Peruvian waltz in the "música criolla" style. Lyrics and dedication The song was written on April 21, 1956. The song was dedicated to her father, Eduardo Granda, and his qualities as a gentleman that made women swoon. The lyrics describe a gentleman with elegant clothes and hat as he strolls through the streets, causing a little girl to smile and windows to stir. Recording history First recording by Los Cinco In 1961, Mario Cavagnaro, the head of the "Sono Radio" record label, proposed an album compiling Granda's best compositions. The album was titled "Lo mejor de Chabuca Granda" ("The Best of Chabuca Granda"). Granda was allowed to select her favorite interpreters to perform on the album. For "Fina estampa", she chose the group, "Los Cinco". The song appeared as the second track on the album. Recordings by Granda In 1968, Granda recorded the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardo O Ceniza
"Cardo o ceniza" (translated "thistle or ash") is a song written and performed by Chabuca Granda. It was written in 1973 and tells of the passionate desire and shame felt by Chilean singer-songwriter Violeta Parra after being rejected by her lover, Gilbert Favre. Composition Granda wrote "Cardo o ceniza" in 1973 while living in Mexico. She wrote several songs about the Chilean singer-songwriter Violeta Parra, who committed suicide in 1967. Granda had not met Parra, but her death had deeply touched Granda who called it an "irreparable" tragedy. The song's musical composition is in the form of a landó, a sensual and rhythmic style of the Peruvian coast. Singer Tania Libertad, who later covered the song, wrote: "The letter is a permanent questioning; the sensuality and rhythmic division of the landó allow syncopation and spaces where there is room for doubt and lack of answers. That's how great Chabuca was." The song's lyrics describe the passionate desire and shame felt by Parra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Puente De Los Suspiros
''The Avenger of Venice'' ( it, Il ponte dei sospiri, es, El puente de los suspiros, link=no) is a 1964 adventure film written and directed by Pierro Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani and starring Brett Halsey and Gianna Maria Canale. It is based on a novel by Michel Zevaco. Cast *Brett Halsey as Rolando Candiano *Gianna Maria Canale as Imperia * Burt Nelson as Scalabrino *Conrado San Martín as Captain Altieri *Vira Silenti as Leonora *José Marco Davó as Bembo Altieri * José Nieto as Dandolo *Perla Cristal as Juana *Jean Murat as Candiano * Paolo Gozlino as Captain Lorenzi * Nino Persello *Andrea Bosic *Nello Pazzafini Release ''The Avenger of Venice'' was released on 16 March 1964. See also * ''Sul ponte dei sospiri ''Sul ponte dei sospiri'' is a 1953 Italian adventure film. Cast * Frank Latimore as Captain Vessillo * Maria Frau as Bianca Spada * Massimo Girotti as Marco Spada * Françoise Rosay as Dama di Sant'Agata * Eduardo Ciannelli as Inquisitore * ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
