JUVENTINO ROSAS BIOGRAPHY
José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas known as Juventino Rosas was born on January 25, 1868, in Santa Cruz de Galeana, now called Juventino Rosas city. (Sociedad de Autores, Compositores, Mexico ) He was a pure-blooded Otomi Indian of Mexican descent and a violinist/composer. His father was a harpist, and at the age of six Juventino joined his father in playing a family quartet where he played the violin along with his brothers Manuel (guitarist), and Patrocino (singer). (Grove Music Online) They sang in small dances and local events as a means of making money for the family. In 1875, his family immigrated to Mexico City in search of better economic opportunities. Shortly after being in Mexico City, his brother Manuel passed away and the group disintegrated. At the age of 15, Juventino joined an Orchestra of the late singer Angela Peralta. After several tours in the country the group disintegrated when a cholera epidemic happened and took the life of Angela Peralta.
In 1885, he entered the Conservatory where he studied Solfeo and took Music Theory. Soon after his parents and sibling past away, and due to economical reasons he joined the military band. Juventino couldn't tolerate the strict discipline and Rigor imposed in the Military and therefore he decided to leave and dedicated himself to writing music compositions. He published a significant amount of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and schottische, many of which now are in the library of the National Conservatory. Aside from his famous Waltz “Sobre las Olas," he also made musical pieces such as "Carmen" and "Seductive dream", as well as polkas "Ojos negros", "Flowers of Mexico," "The bartender," “You saw again," and "Away from you". Rosas was considered the most popular composer of salon music According to his biographer, Juan Alvarez Coral, Rosas wrote his masterpiece “Sobre las Olas” resting on a kitchen table and having as background sound of birds pecking and water spill from a nearby factory. (Sin-Embargo.mx)
In 1894, Rosas travelled with a Zarzuela Company to Cuba on a tour on the east of the island Surgidero de Batabano, where it is said he came down with inflammation of the spinal cord which caused his death on July 9, 1894. He was 26 years old. In 1909, fifteen years later his remains were transferred to Mexico City, where it was received by the Ministry of Public Education and Fine Arts. His life story was made into a movie by Director Ismael Rodriguez starring Mexican actor and singer Pedro Infante. His most famous Waltzes titled “Sobre las Olas,” (On the waves) remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
· R. Stevenson: Music in Mexico (New York, 1952/R), 206ff
· J.A. Coral: Compositores Mexicanos (Mexico City, 1971, 6/1993)
· J.A. Coral: Juventino Rosas: Su Vida y Su Obra (Mexico City, 1972)
· H. Brenner. Juventino Rosas: His Life, His Work, His Time.
· H.B. Lastra: Los dias cubanos de Juvetino Rosas, Guanajuato 1994
· J. Rodriguez Frausto: Juventino Rosas. Notas nuevas sobre su vida, Guanajuato 1969
· V.M. Garcia Flores: “Juventino Rosas Cadenas, Sintesis Biografica,” Guanajuato 2006
DISCOGRAPHY (1868 - 1894)
Polkas
José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas known as Juventino Rosas was born on January 25, 1868, in Santa Cruz de Galeana, now called Juventino Rosas city. (Sociedad de Autores, Compositores, Mexico ) He was a pure-blooded Otomi Indian of Mexican descent and a violinist/composer. His father was a harpist, and at the age of six Juventino joined his father in playing a family quartet where he played the violin along with his brothers Manuel (guitarist), and Patrocino (singer). (Grove Music Online) They sang in small dances and local events as a means of making money for the family. In 1875, his family immigrated to Mexico City in search of better economic opportunities. Shortly after being in Mexico City, his brother Manuel passed away and the group disintegrated. At the age of 15, Juventino joined an Orchestra of the late singer Angela Peralta. After several tours in the country the group disintegrated when a cholera epidemic happened and took the life of Angela Peralta.
In 1885, he entered the Conservatory where he studied Solfeo and took Music Theory. Soon after his parents and sibling past away, and due to economical reasons he joined the military band. Juventino couldn't tolerate the strict discipline and Rigor imposed in the Military and therefore he decided to leave and dedicated himself to writing music compositions. He published a significant amount of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and schottische, many of which now are in the library of the National Conservatory. Aside from his famous Waltz “Sobre las Olas," he also made musical pieces such as "Carmen" and "Seductive dream", as well as polkas "Ojos negros", "Flowers of Mexico," "The bartender," “You saw again," and "Away from you". Rosas was considered the most popular composer of salon music According to his biographer, Juan Alvarez Coral, Rosas wrote his masterpiece “Sobre las Olas” resting on a kitchen table and having as background sound of birds pecking and water spill from a nearby factory. (Sin-Embargo.mx)
In 1894, Rosas travelled with a Zarzuela Company to Cuba on a tour on the east of the island Surgidero de Batabano, where it is said he came down with inflammation of the spinal cord which caused his death on July 9, 1894. He was 26 years old. In 1909, fifteen years later his remains were transferred to Mexico City, where it was received by the Ministry of Public Education and Fine Arts. His life story was made into a movie by Director Ismael Rodriguez starring Mexican actor and singer Pedro Infante. His most famous Waltzes titled “Sobre las Olas,” (On the waves) remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
· R. Stevenson: Music in Mexico (New York, 1952/R), 206ff
· J.A. Coral: Compositores Mexicanos (Mexico City, 1971, 6/1993)
· J.A. Coral: Juventino Rosas: Su Vida y Su Obra (Mexico City, 1972)
· H. Brenner. Juventino Rosas: His Life, His Work, His Time.
· H.B. Lastra: Los dias cubanos de Juvetino Rosas, Guanajuato 1994
· J. Rodriguez Frausto: Juventino Rosas. Notas nuevas sobre su vida, Guanajuato 1969
· V.M. Garcia Flores: “Juventino Rosas Cadenas, Sintesis Biografica,” Guanajuato 2006
DISCOGRAPHY (1868 - 1894)
Polkas
- La cantinera (1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Carmela (1890, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Ojos negros (1891, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Flores de México (1893, Eduardo Gariel, Saltillo / Robert Forberg, Leipzig)
- Acuérdate (before 1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City)
- Lejos de ti (before 1888, H. Nagl. Sucs.)
- Juanita (1890, A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Último adiós (1899, A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- El sueño de las flores (1888, (before 1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Floricultura-Schottisch (1888, (before 1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Lazos de amor (1888, A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Julia (1890, A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Salud y pesetas (1890, A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Juventa (1892, A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- El espirituano (1894, Autograph Archivo Provincial de Sancti Spíritus, Kuba)
- A Lupe (1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- En el casino (1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- No me acuerdo (1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- ¡Qué bueno! (1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- ¿Y para qué? (1888, A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
- Flores de Romana (1893, Eduardo Gariel, Saltillo)
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