Venezuelan Fiesta

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.

Venezuelan Fiesta
Studio album by
Aldemaro Romero and his Salon Orchestra
Released1956
Recorded1956
GenreFolk-Classical
LabelRCA
ProducerAldemaro Romero
Aldemaro Romero and his Salon Orchestra chronology
Flight to Romance
(1956)
Venezuelan Fiesta
(1956)
Criollísima
(1957)

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.

Album information

From the back cover of the album:

  • Las Bellas Noches de MaiquetíaValse 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 ZuliaValse (Breezes of Zulia). "This is a musical tribute to Lake Maracaibo, written by Amable Espina."
  • GeranioValse (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."
  • AmaliaValse-Joropo. "A very famous valse-joropo written by Francisco de Paula Aguirre and Leoncio Martínez "Leo"."
  • El Cari-CariJoropo. "One of the standard favorites of the country."
  • El Cumaco de San JuanMerengue. "A typical merengue from Caracas."
  • El Polo CorianoPolo. "An outstanding example of this type of music."

Track listing

TrackSong TitleComposerGenre
1.Las Bellas Noches de MaiquetíaPedro Arcila PonteVenezuelan waltz
2.Brisas del ZuliaAmable EspinaVenezuelan waltz
3.GeranioPedro Elías GutiérrezVenezuelan waltz
4.MariselaS. Díaz PeñaJoropo
5.Quejas del almaDelgado BriceñoVenezuelan waltz
6.JulianaLionel BelascoVenezuelan waltz
7.Venezuelan FiestaAldemaro RomeroJoropo
8.AmaliaFrancisco de Paula Aguirre/ Leoncio MartínezWaltz-joropo
9.El Cari-CariRafael RomeroJoropo
10.Tu PartidaAugusto BrandtLove song
11.El Cumaco de San JuanFrancisco PachecoVenezuelan merengue
12.El Polo CorianoArranger: Aldemaro RomeroPolo

See also

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