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Juventino Rosas
Mexican composer and violinist (1868–1894)
For other uses, see Juventino Rosas, Guanajuato.
José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas (25 January 1868 – 9 July 1894) was a Mexican composer and violinist, known worldwide for the waltz "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves").
Life and career
[edit]Rosas was born in Santa Cruz, Guanajuato, later renamed Santa Cruz de Galeana, Guanajuato, and still later into Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas.[1] Rosas began his musical career as a street musician, playing with dance music bands in Mexico City. In 1884-85 and 1888 he enrolled into the conservatory, both times leaving it without taking any examination.
Most of Rosas's compositions—among them "Sobre las Olas" ("Over the Waves")—were issued by Wagner y Levien and Nagel Sucesores in Mexico City.
In the late 1880s, Rosas is reported to have been a member of a military band, and in 1891 he worked in Michoacán. In 1892–93 Rosas lived near Monte
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José Juventino Policarpo Rosas-Cadenas (January 25, 1868 –July 9, 1894) was a Mexican composer and violinist most known for his emphatic waltzes, mazurkas, and polkas.. Rosas was born on January 25, 1868, at Santa Cruz in Guanajuato, Mexico, later renamed Santa Cruz de Galeana, and still later changed into Santa Cruz dem Juventino Rosas. His parents were Otomí. The Otomí people are one of many indigenous groups in Mexico. Rosas came from a poor family, and he often turned to his music to help make ends meets. As a little boy, he was often spotted playing the violin near his home, amassing whatever change he could. A famous anecdote dictates that at age twelve, he once wrote a composed a piece of Waltz in exchange for a pair of shoes.
Having earned a living as a street musician in his hometown neighborhood, Rosas would often be brought when he was very ung by his father to Mexico City, where he got work as a musician and later composed sa
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Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas
Dance dedicated to the President General Porfirio Díaz
They settled in a quarter called Tepito, one of the most crowded and dangerous areas of Mexico City, on a street ominously called Amargura (Bitterness). At first, Juventino played with the family on neighborhood streets, and later he began to jam with other local bands. In a few short years, he became quite popular, playing with equal ease at street parties or in high society gatherings and ballrooms where his violin solos delighted all. But soon, just like a waltz, his life began to spin out of control.
At the age of 18, he had already accomplished what other musicians took a lifetime to achieve. Young Juventino had already played in and lead some of the biggest bands in Mexico. He played for diva Angela Peralta, the Mexican Nightingale, during her last national tour and won wide public acclaim when he soloed on his violin at the National Theater for President Porfirio Diaz. Juventino stu