Venezuelan Fiesta (album)

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Venezuelan Fiesta
Venezuelan Fiesta cover
Studio album by Aldemaro Romero and his Salon Orchestra
Released 1956
Recorded 1956
Genre Folk-Classical
Label RCA
Producer Aldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero and his Salon Orchestra chronology
Dinner in Caracas Venezuelan Fiesta Dinner in Colombia

Venezuelan Fiesta is the name of a 33-RPM LP album by Venezuelan composer/arranger/conductor Aldemaro Romero, released in 1956 (see 1956 in music), under contract with RCA 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.

Contents

[edit] Album information

At the back cover of the album, is review with this words:

“ Every country has music that is its own heritage and an expression of its people.

The music of Venezuela is represented here in forms typical of the entire country and of its various geographical sections. It is essentially Spanish, but its African elements are apparent in its rhythm and use of percussion.

Joropo — The national dance of Venezuela is a happy dance performed in jig-like movements in 3/4 tempo. To add rhythm and excitement the dancers attach maracas to their feet.

Valse — Played in 3/4 tempo, this is the Venezuelan waltz. Sometimes the melody as well as the rhythm is accentuated by figures borrowed from the joropo.

Valse-Joropo — Obviously a combination of the waltz and the joropo. The joropo form is dominant.

Canción — This is the ballad form of Venezuela.

Merengue — This is the African-Venezuelan music, played 2/4 tempo with a percussion accompaniment.

Polo — A typical dance rhythm from the state of Falcón. Written in 3/4 tempo, it is similar to the joropo.

Heard in this album:

Side 1

  • 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. The Vienna style is predominant.
  • Marisela — Joropo. This is a joropo written by S. Díaz Peña. It is a great standard.
  • Quejas del alma — Valse (Anguish). A romantic waltz.
  • Juliana — Valse. This is one of the best examples of this type of music.

Side 2

  • Venezuelan Fiesta — Joropo. The title song of this album, written by Aldemaro Romero.
  • 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, written by R. A.
  • Tu Partida — Canción (Farewell). This sad farewell to a beloved woman was written by Augusto Brandt.
  • 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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[edit] Track listing

Track Song Title Composer Genre
1. Las Bellas Noches de Maiquetía Pedro Arcila Ponte Venezuelan waltz
2. Brisas del Zulia Amable Espina Venezuelan waltz
3. Geranio Pedro Elías Gutiérrez Venezuelan waltz
4. Marisela S. Díaz Peña Joropo
5. Quejas del alma Delgado Briceño Venezuelan waltz
6. Juliana Lionel Belasco Venezuelan waltz
7. Venezuelan Fiesta Aldemaro Romero Joropo
8. Amalia Francisco de Paula Aguirre/ Leoncio Martínez Waltz-joropo
9. El Cari-Cari Rafael Romero Joropo
10. Tu Partida Augusto Brandt Love song
11. El Cumaco de San Juan Francisco Pacheco Venezuelan merengue
12. El Polo Coriano Arranger: Aldemaro Romero Polo

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The pictures of Aldemaro Romero on the cover of the album, were taken during the actual recording session at the New York City studio of RCA Victor.
  • At the review of the album, Aldemaro Romero has the nickname of Al Romero.

[edit] See also