Ramón Evaristo
Ramón Martínez Fernández (14 October 1909 – 10 February 1990), better known as Ramón Evaristo, was a Spanish bandleader and violinist based in Barcelona. In the 1940s and 1950s, his orchestra was one of the most popular ballroom music ensembles in Catalonia, playing jazz, pasodobles and Latin American music such as rhumba and tango. As a composer, Evaristo wrote several popular songs, particularly fox-trots. Life and career Born in Cuenca, Spain on 14 October 1909, Evaristo took up the violin at 7 years of age, and did several music courses in Granada before moving to Barcelona at age 11. In 1932 he became a founding member of the amateur jazz ensemble Orquesta Royaltie (later known as Orquesta Creación), based in Vilafranca del Penedès. During the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and ...
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Cuenca, Spain
Cuenca () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It is the capital of the province of Cuenca. Etymology Its name may derive from the Latin ''conca'' meaning "river basin", referring to the gorge of the rivers Júcar and Huécar. It may also be derived from the now-ruined Arab castle, Kunka. Other alternative original names have been suggested, including "Anitorgis", "Sucro" or "Concava". The city of Cuenca is also known as the "Eagle's Nest" because of its precarious position on the edge of a gorge. History When the Iberian peninsula was part of the Roman Empire, there were several important settlements in the province, such as Segobriga, Ercavica and Gran Valeria. However, the place where Cuenca is located today was uninhabited at that time. When the Muslims captured the area in 714, they soon realized the value of this strategic location and they built a fortress (called ''Kunka'') between two gorges dug between ...
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