Ángel Aníbal Rosado Garcîa (May 4, 1942 – September 10, 2008) was a
Peruvian
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composer and musician.
Rosado was born in the Peruvian highlands but moved to
Lima
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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, western Bolivia, northwest A ...
s and
criollo
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People
* Criollo people, a social class in the Spanish colonial system.
Animals
* Criollo duck, a species of duck native to Central and South America.
* Criollo cattle, a group of cattle bre ...
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.
Musicians from Lima
1942 births
2008 deaths
Peruvian composers
Peruvian male composers
20th-century male musicians
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