Zacarías Salmerón Daza (September 6, 1918, in Tlapehuala,

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- January 28, 2011) was a

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composer, musician and violinist of son calentano.

Biography

Zacarías Salmerón Daza was born in Tlapehuala,

. He is nephew of J. Isaías Salmerón Pastenes, who is considered one of the pillars of the calentano music and who became a teacher to Zacarías and Juan Reynoso Portillo. He is considered an important composer of son calentano, traditional music genre of

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, a region within the state of Guerrero, along with other composers such as Juan Reynoso Portillo,

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, Cástulo Benítez,

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and Pedro Ignacio Pablo. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts and is author to 50 waltzes.Pintor Alegre, Jesús
"Zacarías Salmerón: he sabido tratar a los instrumentos,"
''La Jornada Guerrero'', Acapulco, Guerrero: July 4, 2007. He has recorded three albums: ''El poeta del violín'' (''Poet of Violin''), ''Entre amigos'' (''Among Friends''), and ''Bienvenidos a Tlapehuala'' (''Welcome to Tlapehuala'') Furthermore, he has been a music teacher at Tlapehuala's kindergarten, a job obtained thanks to President

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, who cherished his friendship. He has travelled to several cities within Mexico and the United States to present his music, even reaching to play for President

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at the

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.Jiménez, Arturo
"Un drama que México pierda parte de su cultura popular, lamenta investigador,"
''La Jornada'', Mexico, D.F.: January 20, 2008. He was married twice; from his first marriage he had eight children, and one more from his second marriage to Consuelo Segura Beltrán.

References

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