- Julián Alarcón
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birthname = Julián Alarcón
birthdate =January 28 ,1888
location =Asunción ,Paraguay
deathdate =August 19 ,1957
deathplace =Asunción ,Paraguay
nationality = Paraguayan
field = Musician
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works = "Serenata clásica", "Nanawa"
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awards =Julián Alarcón (born 28 January 1888
Asunción ,Paraguay , diedAsunción ,19 August 1957 .was acomposer andviolinist was born in , January 28th, 1888.First steps
He studied
guitar andviolín fro 1909 at the Paraguayan Gymnasium.In 1913 traveled toMontevideo ,Uruguay , where continued his studies in that difficult instrument. In 1919 edited an album with songs of the Paraguayan folklore.Career
He acted for more than 20 years in
Argentina andBrazil , with the so-called “Guaraní Trio” formed by himself,Carlos S. Caballero andManuel Moreno .In 1942 obtained the Paraguayan Atheneum's Compositing Prize with his song “Abandonada” ("Abandoned", in English) and in 1950 at the Ministry of Education and Culture's Contest with his work “Ka’avovei”.
Work
Very prolific creatively, he composed about 300 songs, some of them reached outstanding popularity, his songs “Serenata clásica”, “Nanawa” (a patriotic polca of great aesthetic quality and impressive expressive force), “3 de mayo” (almost a folkloric anthem of Paraguay played by little bands, popular bands and great orchestras), “Nde resa kuarahy’ame” (loving song that with lyrics from
Teodoro S. Mongelós takes place in the anthology as the best romantic Paraguayan song), “Recuerdos del Paraguay”, “Sábado ka’aru”, “Alegre amanecer”, “Ha Paraguay”, “Zorzal del Paraguay”, “Tesa yvoty”, “Serenata”, “Marave ndoikói” y “Loma Clavel”.References
* [http://www.musicaparaguaya.org.py/julian_alarcon.html JULIAN ALARCON]
* Diccionario Biográfico "FORJADORES DEL PARAGUAY", Primera Edición Enero de 2000. Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* EVP - Wikipedia
* [http://www.evp.edu.py/index.php?title=Portada Enciclopedia Virtual Paraguaya - Portal]External links
* [http://www.musicaparaguaya.org.py/julian_alarcon.html Música Paraguaya]
* [http://www.datamex.com.py/guarani/gn/tembihai_aty/purahei/nde_resa_kuarahyame.html Datamex]
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