Week 1: A Continent Full of Music! 🌴

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What do you connect with Music from Latin America?


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  • I started on some Brouwer and these Pieces from Venezuela, arranged by Vicente Sojo. 
    Im very busy these days and traveling, so I post this in a hurry and hope to be back soon with the continuation.

    This cantico is the easiest of this set of pieces, but the others are so charming as well.

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    • joosje I loved that, Joosje! I just looked it up and found the score so I can try to play these. Great discovery!

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    • joosje beautiful piece beautifully played! What Brouwer's work are you working on?

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      joosje That's a charming piece, Joosje. Well played.

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    • joosje Beautiful. I love Sojo, particularly the pieces that Lauro arranged. 

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    • joosje so beautiful!

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      joosje Beautiful, Joosje, you get the perfect tone! Thank you for posting!

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      joosje That's a beautiful piece Joosje and well played - like Eric , I shall look for the scores and give them a try!

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    • joosje so soft and beautiful played! looking forward to hear you again

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  • Alberto Ulián - Preludio No. 1 Oración de la Tarde

    I found this score in my music, but I had never played it until now. It got me interested in the composer. I have found some other pieces by him online (which I plan to play later), but I can't find any biographical information. Does anyone know anything about him? I know he is from Uruguay, and the score says this piece was published in 1950. I love learning about the lesser-known music of our repertoire.

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    • Eric Phillips Very sweet piece.  Unfortunately, I am not aware of him even though I lived and studied in Uruguay.  I checked some of my books on the guitar from the Rio de la Plata and found no reference of him.  Nevertheless, a very nice piece.  Thanks for sharing.

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    • Dale Needles Thanks for responding, Dale. I thought that if anybody knew anything about him, it would be you. I’ll try digging around a little more. If nothing else, we can connect with him through his music. Like I said, I’ll be working on a few more pieces I found by him.

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      Eric Phillips wow, this one sounded so "dreamy", I really like this kind of music. Thanks for sharing all those beautiful music again, I learned so much from your video.

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      • Moyses Lopes
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      Eric Phillips So beautiful, Eric! You played magnificently this piece (as usual...). Maybe I can help you to find some information about Ulián. I found a magazine from 1969 where are some texts about him. But there's a web page with an homage to his 100 years, it's in Spanish but I think you can use Google Translator. If I can help with some unusual expression, be my guest. The page is at https://reduy.net/tendales-de-santa-lucia-le-brinda-homenaje-a-luis-alberto-ulian-a-100-anos-de-su-nacimiento/.

      Saludos! =)

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    • Wai Thanks, Wai, I am glad you enjoyed it.

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    • Moyses Lopes Thank you so much, Moyses! I am struck by a couple things in the article: he died fairly recently in 1993, and he was especially known as a great teacher, even teaching people who could not afford to pay. This makes me want to play his music even more. I have always felt that when we play a person's music, we are connecting with them in a deep way, and we are keeping them alive. I really appreciate you finding that and sending it to me!

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      Eric Phillips That really is a beautiful piece, beautifully played. Thanks for digging this up, Eric.

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    • Jack Stewart Thanks, Jack. I'm not even sure how it got in my big binder of sheet music. Finding things like this makes me so happy.

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  • Antonio Lauro (1917 - 1986) wrote one of his finest works, Suite Venezolana in 1952 when he was in prison as a political prisoner under the Venezuelan dictator, General Marco Perez Jiménez.  The following audio post is my attempt to interpret the third movement, Canción.  It is a beautiful and haunting piece with some interesting polytonality.

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    • Dale Needles That was great Dale, I only know Registro from that suite and you certainly make me want to hear more from that work!

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    • Blaise Laflamme Thanks.  You should definitely check out Danza Negra, the second movement.  It is actually my favorite piece by Lauro, and while I used to play, it is quite challenging so I will not attempt it for this challenge.  At my age, I tend to focus on the slower pieces.

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    • Dale Needles really touching

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    • Dale Needles So beautiful, Dale! Great variety of dynamics and tone color. I want to look that one up. This is the type of music that I love playing.

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      Dale Needles Wow, Dale! So expressive! Thank you for posting! Like Blaise, I want to hear (and study!) more from Lauro! Gracias!

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      Dale Needles That was very interesting Dale, and beautifully played. I don't think I have heard that before. There are sections that remind me of one of Koshkin's Etudes (#5 I think).

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