Luis Mariano Rivera The Canchunchú Luis Mariano Rivera was born, August 19, 1906 in the valley of Canchunchú, in the Sucre State, hev was known not only like singer but in addition like composer, poet and dramatist. August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Estado Sucre is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ...
Man of simple words, self-taught person, of great sensitivity, used to say that his first encounter with music, was by pure chance. “It was in December, my friends wanted to sing one parranda and they no had the technique. I wrote a song to them “Canchunchú Florido”. with this i began as composer”. After “Canchunchú Florido” Luis Mariano Rivera wrote “Cerecita”, “El Mango”, “Cundeamor”, “Carúpano Tierra Mía”, “La Guacara”, “Mi comay Juana Maria” and hundreds of songs that have interpreted figures like Morella Muñoz, Jesús Sevillano, Gualberto Ibarreto, Cecilia Todd, Lilia Vera and Simón Díaz and the groupings Serenata Guayanesa and Un Solo Pueblo. Simón DÃaz (1928- ). Celebrated singer and composer of Venezuelan music, whose work is regarded as one of the most important legacies for both Venezuelan and Latin American popular music. ...
The investigator Rafael Salazar in his book “Luis Mariano Rivera, poet and singer of express Canchunchú”: “Few popular poets and musicians have had the privilege to be recognized by so many people, regional and national institutions”. Luis Mariano Rivera dies March 15, 2002. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ...
For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...
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