Lauro Antonio (1917-1986)
Venezuela / More info in Enciclopedia de la Guitarra
Composer and guitarist, was born in Ciudad Bolivar.
English
(1917-1986)
Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela on August 3th, 1917. His father emigrated to Venezuela from Italy during World War I. Lauro studied at the “Escuela de Musica y Declamación” in Caracas under Vicente Emilio Sojo and Juan Bautista Plaza. He first began playing the piano, but on hearing the Paraguayan guitar virtuoso Agustín Barrios Mangoré in concert, he decided to devote his musical study to the guitar.
He used in many of his compositions the popular influence of his Country (for example the Valses venezolanos). In other pieces he used also longer and more complex forms: Suite Venezolana, the Concierto for Guitar and Orchestra, the Sonata. His music is strongly connected to the performances of his friend Alirio Diaz.
Lauro wrote and arranged many works, most of which are as yet unpublished. Most of them are for the guitar, but he also composed works for acappella choral group, orchestra, orchestra and choir, piano, piano and voice, organ and voice, string quartet, wind quartet and other instrumental combinations.
Lauro died in Caracas on April 18th, 1986.
Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela on August 3th, 1917. His father emigrated to Venezuela from Italy during World War I. Lauro studied at the “Escuela de Musica y Declamación” in Caracas under Vicente Emilio Sojo and Juan Bautista Plaza. He first began playing the piano, but on hearing the Paraguayan guitar virtuoso Agustín Barrios Mangoré in concert, he decided to devote his musical study to the guitar.
He used in many of his compositions the popular influence of his Country (for example the Valses venezolanos). In other pieces he used also longer and more complex forms: Suite Venezolana, the Concierto for Guitar and Orchestra, the Sonata. His music is strongly connected to the performances of his friend Alirio Diaz.
Lauro wrote and arranged many works, most of which are as yet unpublished. Most of them are for the guitar, but he also composed works for acappella choral group, orchestra, orchestra and choir, piano, piano and voice, organ and voice, string quartet, wind quartet and other instrumental combinations.
Lauro died in Caracas on April 18th, 1986.
Composizioni (81)
Antologie curate
- 2 VENEZUELAN PIECES
- 6 VENEZUELAN PIECES
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.1
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.10
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.2
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.3
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.4
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.5
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.6
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.7
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.8
- WORKS FOR GUITAR Vol.9
Presente in antologie
- 12 JUZNOAMERICKIH KOMADA [12 SOUTH-AMERICAN PIECES] Album II — VALS VENEZOLANO
- ANTONIO LAURO COLLECTION (rev. João Batista) — VALSE VENEZOLANO N.2
- ANTONIO LAURO COLLECTION (rev. João Batista) — CARORA
- ANTONIO LAURO COLLECTION (rev. João Batista) — EL NEGRITO [vedi 2 VENEZUELAN WALTZES]
- ANTONIO LAURO COLLECTION (rev. João Batista) — LA GATICA [vedi 2 VENEZUELAN WALTZES]
- ANTONIO LAURO COLLECTION (rev. João Batista) — MARIA LUISA
- ANTONIO LAURO COLLECTION (rev. João Batista) — NATALIA [VALS VENEZOLANO N.3]
- ANTONIO LAURO COLLECTION (rev. João Batista) — VALSE VENEZOLANO N.1
- FOUR VENEZUELAN PIECES — CANCIÓN
- GUITAR - EXAMINATION PIECES FOR 1998-2001 Grade 5 — EL NEGRITO [vedi 2 VENEZUELAN WALTZES]
- JUBILÄUMS EDITION (1901-2001) — EL NEGRITO
- LATIN AMERICAN SOLOS FOR GUITAR — CANCIÓN
- LATIN AMERICAN SOLOS FOR GUITAR — VALS CRIOLLO
- REPERTOIRE AND STUDIES Album 6 — REGISTRO [da SUITE VENEZOLANA]
- REPERTOIRE AND STUDIES Album 6 (2nd Edition) — REGISTRO [da SUITE VENEZOLANA]
- REPERTOIRE AND STUDIES Album 7 — VALS VENEZOLANO N.2 [da 4 VALSES VENEZOLANOS]
- REPERTOIRE AND STUDIES Album 8 — VALS VENEZOLANO N.3 [da 4 VALSES VENEZOLANOS]
- REPERTOIRE AND STUDIES Album 8 (2nd Edition) — VALS VENEZOLANO N.3 [da 4 VALSES VENEZOLANOS]
- REPERTOIRE AND STUDIES Album 8 (2nd Edition) — VALS VENEZOLANO N.2 [da 4 VALSES VENEZOLANOS]