Venezuelan waltz

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Illustration of the XIX century, that invites to the Caracas carnival, and a waltz competition

1 History
2 The Venezuelan waltz
3 Famous Venezuelan waltzes
4 See also
5 Source
6 To Listen

[edit] History

Between the hall dances that arrived to Venezuela during the XIX century, waltz has been the one of greater root and dispersion. Waltz, consists of a musical expression derived from a German popular dance, the laendler. Although an exact date cannot be defined about the arrival of the waltz to Venezuela, can be assured that for half-full of the XX century it became present in the Venezuelan musical writing, registering scores in the New method for guitar and harp, published in Caracas by Tomás Antero. The popularity of waltz was fortified by the multiple publications in newspapers and magazines about this sort, as much music as the dance, became the base of many musical sorts, among them joropo.

[edit] The Venezuelan waltz

According to Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera two currents in waltz exist, the one of hall and the popular one. In waltz of hall the favorite instrument for its execution is the piano. They emphasize names like the one of Manuel Azpúrua, Manuel Guadalajara,Rafael Isaza, Rogelio Caraballo and Ramon Delgado Palacios in the beginning of waltz in Venezuela, that were dedicated to the intimate composition of waltzes or two parts. At the present time, it honors the composer Antonio Lauro, who took an important waltz Literature for the guitar.

The waltz of oral tradition (popular waltz) uses for its execution the own traditional instruments of each region, being cultivated fundamentally in the Andes and center west of Venezuela. In the Andes, the violin and the bandola are the solo instruments, accompanied by guitar, triple and cuatro. Also in Lara is executed with: violin, mandolina, cuatro and guitar.

The musical structure characteristic of popular waltzes is the one of three parts of melody subjects. Even though some popular musicians have composed songs with their name, the majority has left their compositions in the anonymity. In the popular tradition we can find the waltz in many dances and popular manifestations, among others we have: joropo and Tamunangue.