Antonio Lauro

Antonio Lauro ( born August 3, 1917 in Ciudad Bolívar, † April 18, 1986 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan composer and guitarist.

At the age of nine years Lauro came to Caracas, where he was at the Escuela Superior de Música of Vicente Emilio Sojo student, Juan Bautista Plaza, Savador Llamozas and Raúl Borges. From 1935 to 1943 he was a member of the Trio Cantores del Trópico, for which he composed many waltzes and in which he sang bass and played guitar and cuatro.

Under the military junta of Marcos Pérez Jiménez Lauro was from 1951 to 1952 in prison. After his release, he founded the Trio Raúl Borges. In addition, he was a professor of guitar at the Conservatorio Juan José Landaeta and director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela. In 1986 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Música.

Especially Lauro's waltz with its characteristic rhythmic echo of the dance of the Llanos Joropo were known.

Works

• Cantaclaro, symphonic poem, 1947
• Suite Venezolana, 1951-52
• Variaciones Sobre Una Canción Infantil
• Waltz: Four Venezuelan Waltzes: Natalia, Tatiana, Andreina, Yacambú, 1938-40
• Tríptico: Armida, Madrugada, La Negra, 1974-76
• El Negrito and La Gatica, 1984

" Seis por derecho " imitation of the harp ( famous mainly for the interpretation of Alirio Diaz )