CUARTETO PEDRO FLORES No Me Persigas
Canta Yayo “El Indio”. Flores (birth name: Pedro Juan Flores Cordova) was one of 12 children born into a poor family in the town of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Flores’ father died when he was only nine years old and therefore, he was forced to work at a young age. When he was 16 years old, he took a special course in the University of Puerto Rico (Universidad de Puerto Rico) and received his teachers certificate. Flores taught for five years and worked for one year at a sugar mill in the island of Vieques. In 1918, he served in a clerical position in the US Army. He was honorably discharged from the Army when he was 24 years old. In 1926, Flores went to New York without any formal musical education and joined another Puerto Rican composer, Rafael Hernandez in his “Trio Borinquen”. Even though Flores and Hernandez became very good friends, they also became competitors as composers. When Flores wrote “Sin Banderas”, Hernandez rushed and wrote “Preciosa”. In 1930, Flores formed his own trio which he named “Trio Galon”, and whose music and songs had a faster beat then the “Trio Borinquen”. Flores had problems with the music publishing company and he abandoned the trio. He moved to Mexico and then lived in Cuba for a short period of time. Flores eventually returned to New York where he reorganized his “old” trio. Some of the singers of this new trio were Myrta Silva, Daniel Santos and Pedro Ortiz Davila “Davilita”. Some of the songs written by Flores were: “Amor Perdido” (Lost Love …
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Pan (1982) by Daniel Kaiser (1938) for Alto-Recorder and Guitar played by Emily O’Brien (USA) and Noel Contreras (Guatemala) Live concert in Karlsruhe / Germany, 24.5.2009, University of Music, hfm-karlsruhe.de Emily O’Brien – recorder (USA) is studying in the class of Prof. Karel van Steenhoven Noel Contreras – guitar (Guatemala) is studying in the class of Prof. Boris Björn Bagger, http Sound by Fumio Kagoshima / Karlsruhe Video by edition 49, music publishing company, www.edition49.de Recorded with Sony CX11 and Sony SR 190
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