Ángel Aníbal Rosado Garcîa (May 4, 1942 – September 10, 2008) was a
Peruvian composer and musician.
Rosado was born in the Peruvian highlands but moved to
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
as a child. He started out as a composer of
huayno Huayno (Waynu in Quechua)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is a genre of popular Andean music and dance. It is especially common in Peru, Bolivia, Northern Argentina ...
s and
criollo music. He first took on writing
cumbias as a challenge and formed Los Hijos del Sol in 1977. Rosado's first hit was "Si Me Quieres", followed by "
Cariñito" in 1978.
Rosada's guitarist, Jse Carvallo, went on to form the group Chacalon y la Nueva Crema, (Taken from the Roots of Chicha liner notes). Rosado's songs have been recorded by
Lucila Campos and
Eva Ayllón
Eva María Angélica Ayllón Urbina (born February 7, 1956) better known by her stage name Eva Ayllón, is a female composer and singer, one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the country's most enduring living legends. She he ...
.
Musicians from Lima
1942 births
2008 deaths
Peruvian composers
Peruvian male composers
20th-century male musicians
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