ORQUESTA CARMELO DIAZ SOLER Impromptu

La danza de Puerto Rico de "Impromptu"Luis Rodríguez Miranda . The Carmelo Díaz Soler Orchestra was organized in the 1920s. Its leader was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico. His musical training prepared him to become a military bandmaster. Young Carmelo was taught solfeggio, music theory, cornet, bass, bombardino (sax horn) and piano rudiments. He served his apprenticeship playing with the Police Force Band of San Juan and the San Juan Firemen's Band. In 1914, he organized his first ensemble, a small group called Sombras de la Noche, that provided musical background for the silent movies at the Teatro Tres Banderas. In the 1920s he changed the name of the band to Orquesta Euterpe, which eventually was expanded to Orquesta de Carmelo Díaz Soler. The group's instrumentation was designed to play danzas in their traditional style. It included: violins, bombardino (sax horn,) trumpets, saxophones, guitar, bass, piano, rhythm and vocalists. Euterpe was the most famous orchestra in Puerto Rico during the late '20s and '30s. Its repertoire included: danzas, danzones, bolero, waltzes and fox trots. Eventually, the band became recognized as the best interpreter of the Puerto Rican danza. In 1927, the Carmelo Díaz Soler Orchestra traveled to Camden, New Jersey, to record 52 tunes for Columbia Records. The majority of the songs were danzas, but the session also included some danzones and other typical rhythms.

Carmelo Díaz attracted some of the best musicians and composers of his time to his band. Among the best remembered are: Rafael Alers, Jesús María Escobar, Francisco López Cruz, Juanchín Ramírez and Carmelo's own two children, Angel Luis Díaz and Miguel Angel Díaz. The orchestra was among the first in Puerto Rico to use vocalists. Angel Moreno heads a list of vocalists that includes: Mona Marti, Corozo y Pepito, Armando Ríos Araujo, Héctor Rivera and Pellín Rodríguez. It was one of the first bands to play on the radio and became a fixture in the noon program of the West Indies Advertising Company on station WKAQ. Sunday afternoons in Puerto Rico were characterized by the strains of the Carmelo Díaz Soler Orchestra playing danzas such as: Violeta and Virginia. The orchestra remained active and popular until its leader died, June 21, 1942.
La danza Impromptu fue escrita por Luis Rodriguez Miranda. LUIS RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA: Nació en Utuado el 21 de Junio de 1875. Tocaba el clarinete y la guitarra y fue por muchos años director de la Banda del Regimiento 65 de Infantería de EU. Por su envolvimiento en la milicia, era mejor conocido como Luis R. Miranda. Al fallecer Luis Muñoz Rivera, Miranda escribió la marcha fúnebre con que lo enterraron. Algunas de sus danzas figuran aún hoy día entre las más populares, como: Impromptu (muy famosa por su dificil pero bello solo de bombardino, muy parecido al de la danza Sara de Angel Mislán) y Recuerdos de Borinquen, compuesta esta última en un momento de nostalgia cuando se encontraba en Panamá . Además de las anteriores, puede escuchar aquí su bella danza Alma Pura Falleció el 15 de junio de 1949. El 28 de Mayo del 2006 el Círculo de Recreo de San Germán lo exaltó a su Galería de la Fama de los Compositores de Danzas Puertorriqueñas.

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• ORQUESTA
• CARMELO
• DIAZ
• SOLER
• Impromptu
• Luis Rodríguez Miranda
• danza
• bombardino
• Ciales
• Rafael Alers
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• latin music

[ArraTonks]

bah...el solo de trompeta....estoy tratando de pasarlo de flauta a guitarra, es mas facil de lo que suena

[valeria30020]

Que recuerdos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1020hani]

recuerdos hermosos de mis padres...

[samramoss2]

Realmente hermoso...!!! gracias por compartir.

[YTM021807]

Fantastico! Gracias!