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Stephen Laughlin plays Suite Venezolana by Antonio Lauro
I. Registro (00:31)
II. Danza Negra (2:33)
III. Cancion (5:17)
IV. Vals (8:13)
California State University Fullerton
October 9th, 2009
Guitar built by Peter Oberg, www.obergguitar...
Antonio Lauro (1917-1986) was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the guitar in the 20th century. In 1951-2, the military junta of General Marcos Perez Jimenez imprisoned Lauro for his principled belief in democracy. Lauro later shrugged off the experience, telling his friends that prison was a normal part of life for the Venezuelan man of his generation. Lauro wrote his Suite Venezolana, consisting of Registro (Preludio), Danza Negra, Cancion, and Vals during his imprisonment. The curiously named first movement, Registro, refers to the sort of improvising (registrar) a musician might do to warm up his hands or to explore a new or unfamiliar instrument. The Danza Negra is an Afro-Venezuelan dance which quotes a Venezuelan folksong San Pedro; another popular tune, La Tumba, is quoted in both of the last two movements.