Venezuelan Fiesta - Album Information

Album Information

From the back cover of the album:

  • Las Bellas Noches de Maiquetía — Valse 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 Zulia — Valse (Breezes of Zulia). "This is a musical tribute to Lake Maracaibo, written by Amable Espina."
  • Geranio — Valse (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."
  • Amalia — Valse-Joropo. "A very famous valse-joropo written by Francisco de Paula Aguirre and Leoncio Martínez "Leo"."
  • El Cari-Cari — Joropo. "One of the standard favorites of the country."
  • El Cumaco de San Juan — Merengue. "A typical merengue from Caracas."
  • El Polo Coriano — Polo. "An outstanding example of this type of music."

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