Domingo Cruz "Cocolía"

Domingo Cruz ("Cocolía")

Domingo Cruz ('Cocolía'), Former director of the Ponce Municipal Band
Background information
Birth name Domingo Cruz
Also known as Cocolía
Born (1864-07-03)3 July 1864
Origin Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died 20 October 1934
Alicante, Spain
Genres danza
Occupation(s) Director of the Ponce Municipal Band, musician

Domingo Cruz (3 July 1864 – 20 October 1934), a.k.a., "Cocolía", was a late 19th-century Puerto Rican musician, and director of the Ponce Firefighters' Band (now the Ponce Municipal Band).[1][2]

Early years

Domingo Cruz was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 3 July 1864.[3]

Professional career

Cocolía (Spanish for little crab) played the saxhorn with "La Lira Ponceña" orchestra (by 1919 also known as the Ponce Symphony Orchestra[4]) under the baton of Ponce's renowned composer Juan Morel Campos. Famous for his danceable tunes, Cocolía was also a music teacher and director of the Firefighters' Band, the Banda Municipal de Ponce. Upon the death of Juan Morel Campos, Cruz became the director of the Ponce Municipal Band.[5] He directed it from 1896 until 1916.[6]

Death

Cocolia died in 1934 in the Province of Alicante, Spain.[7]

Legacy

The city of Ponce recognized his work with a statue. Cocolia's statue stood for many years in front of the downtown Ponce fire station next to Teatro La Perla.[8] It currently (2012) stands at Plaza Las Delicias.

Cocolia is also recognized at the Park for the Illustrious Ponce Citizens.[9]

In Ponce, there is also a park named after him at the intersection of Intendente Ramirez, mayor, and Tricoche streets.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ponceños Ilustres. Municipality of Ponce.
  2. ↑ In memory of tropical music great, “Cocolía” Juan A. Hernandez. Puerto Rico Daily Sun. 26 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Ponceños Ilustres. Municipality of Ponce.
  4. ↑ Luis Fortuño Janeiro. "Album Historico de Ponce (1692–1963)". Page 405. Imprenta Fortuño. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 1963.
  5. ↑ Las Retretas. Municipality of Ponce.
  6. ↑ Don Domingo Cruz (Cocolia). Museo del Paruqe de Bombas de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2 March 2011.
  7. ↑ Frommer's Walking Tours
  8. ↑ In memory of tropical music great, “Cocolía” Puerto Rico Daily Sun. February 26, 2010. By Juan A. Hernandez
  9. ↑ Music. Travel Ponce. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  10. ↑ Luis Fortuño Janeiro. "Album Historico de Ponce (1692–1963)". 1963. Pages 97–98. Imprenta Fortuño. Ponce, Puerto Rico.

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