Wilfrido vargas biography of alberti
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Merengue is a Dominican dance music form eller gestalt usually ganska fast in tempo, and employing relatively simple melodies. It has been performed in the United States since at least the first two decades of the 20th century. The genre originally developed in the midnineteenth century from the blending, or syncretism, of europeisk and African elements.[1] Although regional variants of merengue, such as pri-pri and merengue dem atabales, are found in various regions of the Dominican Republic, the best-known typical or folk style of the music merengue típico cibaeño, comes from the Cibao, the North-Central region. [2] The merengue típico cibaeño ensemble fryst vatten composed of accordion, a double-headed drum called the tambora, and a scraped metal instrument called the güira. Other instruments, such as the alto saxophone, congas, and electric bass are often included, and the marímbula, a bass lamellophone, was a common addition at one time.[3] Merengue h
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Luis Alberti
For the Mexican actor, see Luis Alberti (actor).
Musical artist
Luis Alberti (6 April 1906 – 26 January 1976) was a Dominican Merengue musician, arranger, conductor, and author of significant popular songs such as Compadre Pedro Juan and many others performed and recorded by noted interpreters with diverse backgrounds.
Life
[edit]Born Luis Felipe Alberti Mieses in La Vega, Dominican Republic, he is descended from a family full of musicians. His great-grandfather, Juan Bautista Alfonseca, composed the first Dominican national anthem; his mother, María Mieses, was a piano professor. At the age of seven, Alberti played the cymbals in the municipal band of his hometown before moving with his family to Santa Cruz de Mao, where he received formal violin training and started a professional career. There he met and married Gilma Tio. After that, the young musician went to Santiago de los Caballeros and attended several courses of violin perfectioning. He later acc
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Wilfrido Vargas
Wilfrido Vargas (b. Wilfrido Radamés Vargas Martínez, April 24, 1949, Altamira, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic), was a bandleader, trumpeter, vocalist, arranger, composer and producer who was instrumental in making the merengue style a worldwide phenomena. He began his musical studies early, attending the Municipal Academy of Music beginning at age 10. Before he was 12, he was the trumpet soloist and director of a small local band. It was in his twenties, however, that he begun to have commercial and critical successes. His band, Los Beduinos, produced their first album, Wilfrido Vargas y sus Beduinos, on the Karen label in 1974. It was the first of 17 albums that Vargas would record with Karen, all the while acting as mentor to a new generation of merengue musicians. Half of that first album was written by pianist and composer Sonny Ovalle, who helped develop Los Beduinos' sound and who would later make a major contribution to Vargas' hit albums in the '80s.
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