''Venezuelan Fiesta '' is a 33-RPM LP album by Venezuelan composer/arranger/conductor

Aldemaro Romero Aldemaro Romero (March 12, 1928 – September 15, 2007) was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State. Biography Romero was a prolific composer, creating a wide range of music, suc ...

, released in 1956, under contract with

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Victor. This was the second Romero's album with RCA Victor, featuring popular Venezuelan pieces, and the release of the joropo Venezuelan Fiesta, continuing with the modernization of Venezuelan folk music, upgrading it from folk instrumentations to full modern orchestral versions, and making it palatable to international audiences.

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From the back cover of the album: *Las Bellas Noches de Maiquetía — ''Valse Venezolano'' (''The Beautiful Nights of Maiquetía''). "This composition by Pedro Arcila Ponte was inspired by the beauty of the nights of Maiquetía, a seaport near La Guaira." *Brisas del Zulia — ''Valse'' (''Breezes of Zulia''). "This is a musical tribute to Lake Maracaibo, written by Amable Espina." *Geranio — ''Valse'' (''Geranium''). "Written by one of Venezuela's foremost composers, Pedro Elías Gutiérrez, who also wrote the famous joropo ''

Alma Llanera "Alma Llanera" ("Soul of the Plains") is a Venezuelan song, a joropo, created by Venezuelan musicians Pedro Elías Gutiérrez (composer) and Rafael Bolívar Coronado (lyricist). It was originally part of a zarzuela whose premiere was on September ...

''. The Vienna style is predominant." *Amalia — ''Valse-Joropo''. "A very famous valse-joropo written by Francisco de Paula Aguirre and Leoncio Martínez "Leo"." *El Cari-Cari — ''Joropo''. "One of the standard favorites of the country." *El Cumaco de San Juan — ''Merengue''. "A typical merengue from Caracas." *El Polo Coriano — ''Polo''. "An outstanding example of this type of music."

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