RAFAEL HERNANDEZ - Preciosa

Rafael Hernández (October 24, 1892 December 11, 1965), is considered by many to be the greatest composer of Puerto Rican music. Hernández (birth name: Rafael Hernández Marín) was born in the town of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, into a poor family. As a child, he learned the craft of cigar making, from which he made a modest living. He also grew to love music and asked his parents to permit him to become a full-time music student. When he was 12 years old, Hernández studied music in San Juan, under the guidance of music professors Jose Ruellan Lequenica and Jesús Figueroa. He learned to play many musical instruments, among them the clarinet, tuba, violin, piano and guitar. However, according to many Puerto Rican music historians, it was when he learned how to write music that his life and the history of Puerto Rican music would change forever. [1] At the age of 14, he played for the Cocolia Orquestra. Hernández moved to San Juan where he played for the municipal orchestra under the director Manuel Tizol. n 1917, Rafael Hernández was working as a musician in North Carolina, when the U.S. entered World War I. The Jazz bandleader James Reese Europe recruited brothers Rafael and Jesús Hernández, and 16 more Puerto Ricans to join the United States Army's Harlem Hell fighters musical band, the Orchestra Europe. He enlisted and was assigned to the U.S. 369th Infantry Regiment (formerly known as the 15th Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard, created in New York City June 2, 1913). The regiment, was nicknamed "The Harlem Hell Fighters" by the Germans, served in France. Hernandez toured Europe with the Orchestra Europe. The 369th was awarded French Croix de Guerre for battlefield gallantry by the President of France.

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[MrCARLOSANGEL1959]

ESTE TIPO DE COMPOSITOR Y EJECUTOR, QUE CANTAN A SU PATRIA, A SU PUEBLO Y A SU GENTE, CON AMOR, SENTIMIENTO Y PASION., SOLO NACEN CADA 100 AÑOS, Y AUNQUE LA ISLA DEL ENCANTO, CUENTA CON EXCELENTES EJECUTORES, NO HA NACIDO EL PRIMERO QUE LO IMITE O LO IGUALE, HASTA AHORA................QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO................

CARLOS ANGEL PIÑA BOURGET

SANTO DOMINGO.

[honoriogranja]

PRECIOSA ...................... "Preciosa te llamen los bardos que cantan tu historia no importa el tirano te trate con negra maldad. Preciosa, serás sin bandera sin lauros ni gloria. Preciosa, preciosa te llaman los hijos del la libertad." ¡ Qué hermosa la dignidad del hermano pueblo boricua, hecha música eterna !

[juviascaen]

METE TE EL PIANO EN EL CULO

[titonathan2]

Me da como nostalgia. Para pelos. Precioso.

[MrCARLOSANGEL1959]

ESTE TIPO DE COMPOSITOR Y EJECUTOR, QUE CANTAN A SU PATRIA, A SU PUEBLO Y A SU GENTE, CON AMOR, SENTIMIENTO Y PASION., SOLO NACEN CADA 100 AÑOS, Y AUNQUE LA ISLA DEL ENCANTO, CUENTA CON EXCELENTES EJECUTORES, NO HA NACIDO EL PRIMERO QUE LO IMITE O LO IGUALE, HASTA AHORA................QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO.

[TheTeamWavy]

thats my great grandfather

[COFREZY]

EN SU MUSICA DON RAFAEL HERNANDEZ EXPRESO EL AMOR QUE TENIA POR SU QUERIDO BORINQUEN COMO MUY POCOS HAN PODIDO.RECUERDO QUE MI ABUELA CANTABA MUCHO,SU CANCION TU NO COMPRENDES Y CUANDO EL MURIO ELLA LLORO COMO SI HUBIERA PERDIDO UN FAMILIAR.

[SpohuraFan]

thanks for uploading this video. such a unique piece of PR history, and most beautiful song.

[wgzayasortiz]

Tube el privilegio de estudiar en la escuela elementar Rafael Hernandez y ahi aprendi mucho de este gran compositor y hasta llegue a conocer a su hijo y a su viuda los cuales visitaban la escuela cada a~o. Rafael Hernandez is sin duda alguna, uno de los grandes..."Enterrarme donde quiera, pero si en mi borinquen" lol

[fotografo1975]

Bueno no tengo palabras , lo mejor de lo mejor

[Igorc3]

El maestro Rafael Hernandez es una prueba fehaciente de que Dios existe!

Su musica es de las mejores del mundo entero.

MAESTRO DESDE MÉXICO FELICIDADES Y UN FUERTE ABRAZO DONDE QUIERA QUE ESTE!!