Pachito alonso biography of william

  • This primary source collection documents the history of music in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a special focus on Revolutionary Cuba.
  • After University training, Pachito took over the leadership of his father's orchestra in For over 20 years, Pachito Alonso has entertained.
  • In addition to the members from Los Chicos, we have the 1st trumpet from Rojitas and part of the rhythm section from Pachito Alonzo.

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    Univ. Tries to Save Cuban Documents

    GAINESVILLE, Fla. 21 (AP) - University of Florida researchers are working to save millions of pages of historical documents dating as far back as that have been locked up in Cuban archives since

    The researchers made a deal with the Cuban National Archives in March to preserve and copy about 10 million handwritten records of life, business and shipping in Havana from to

    The Notary Protocols contain information on births, deaths, property and slave ownership - data on all people and cargo passing through Havana en route from Spain to America and back.

    At the time, just about everything went through the Cuban city. "It was like the capital of Florida,'' said Arva Parks, a Florida historian and author.

    The volumes provide the historical saga of colonial Spain, with information such as census data, cargo inventory, wills and settlers' contracts ranging from marriage to emancipation. The university had tried to win access to the volumes f

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    Bárbara Valladares, Tirso Duarte, Kevin Moore

    : How old were you when you first started study music?

    TIRSO DUARTE: inom started studying piano at the age of 8 at the school of Manuel Saumell in Vedado, La Habana. Later inom began to learn other instruments as well.

    : Tell us about your studies at the Cuban music schools. Was the training mostly classical? How did you go about learning dansstil and timba?

    TIRSO DUARTE: During my 12 years of music school, inom studied mostly classical music: Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and others of that era. I graduated two years ago at the age of But around the house, my family and especially my grandfather listened to Cuban music. inom heard Beny Moré and Pacho Alonso every day, whether inom wanted to or not! By the age of 14 inom really started waking up to the idea of playing dansstil and inom started to figure out and practice the tumbaos of dansstil.

    : Who were your favorite pianists when you were growing up?

    TIRSO DUARTE: Chucho Vald&e

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    Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, , Part 4: Music

    This primary source collection documents the history of music in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a special focus on Revolutionary Cuba. It explores the role of music in society, and covers festivals, performances, trends, and persons (musicians, composers, producers, etc.). The collection is scanned from the so-called “vertical archive” at Casa de las Américas in Havana, Cuba.

    Project advisor: Rosa Marina González, Director, Casa de las Américas Library
    Introduction text: María Elena Vinueza, Director, Casa de las Américas Music Department
    Project coordinator: Johan Vogel, CEO, Scan2Preserve
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