- Luis Mariano Rivera
Luis Mariano Rivera was born on
August 19 ,1906 , in the valley of Canchunchú, in theSucre State ofVenezuela . He was known not only as a singer, but also as a composer, poet and dramatist.A self-taught musician and a man of few words, but possessing great sensitivity, Rivera 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”, Rivera wrote “Cerecita”, “El Mango”, “Cundeamor”, “Carúpano Tierra Mía”, “La Guacara”, and “Mi comay Juana Maria” and hundreds of songs that have been interpreted by musicians such asMorella Muñoz ,Jesús Sevillano ,Gualberto Ibarreto ,Juan Carlos Salazar ,Cecilia Todd ,Lilia Vera andSimón Díaz , and groups such asSerenata Guayanesa andUn Solo Pueblo .Biographer Rafael Salazar wrote 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 died on
March 15 ,2002 .See also
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