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Music of Venezuela

Several styles of the traditional music of Venezuela, such as salsa and merengue, are common to its Caribbean neighbors. Perhaps the most typical Venezuelan music is joropo, a rural form which originated in the llanos, or plains.

Composers[edit]

Juana Maria de la Concepcion, commonly referred to as Conny Méndez, born 11 April 1898 in Caracas, was a composer, singer, writer, caricaturist and actress who produced more than 40 compositions, such as: Yo soy venezolana, Chucho y Ceferina, La Negrita Marisol, Venezuela Habla Cantando, and many others.


Rubén Cedeño, composer of folk and children's music of Venezuela, he appears in the Venezuelan music encyclopedia.[2] Singer, composer, investigator, painter and writer.


His most recognized works are: The Aguinaldo Que Navidad part of the Venezuelan Christmas repertoire and interpreted by the mezzo-soprano Morella Muñoz, Cantata infantil Simón Bolívar, Misa de mi Tierra among others. It was National Prize of popular music of the INAVI with his valse Nora. The hymn Hail to the Statue of Liberty, received the congratulation of President Ronald Reagan.


Antonio Lauro composed a large body of classical guitar works, adapting traditional Venezuelan waltz and folk songs for the instrument.


Gustavo Matamoros is a renowned Venezuelan composer dedicated to the experimentation with sound and its relationship with the human mind and culture. He has worked mainly with contemporary techniques such as electroacoustics, mixed media, performance, installations, radiophony and multimedia spectacles. He resides in the US. The work of composer, arranger and musical producer Jesús "Chuchito" Sanoja is considered an important part of the Venezuelan cultural patrimony.

Opera in Venezuela

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Brill, Mark. Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2nd Edition, 2018. Taylor & Francis  1138053562

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Peñín, José y Walter Guido. Enciclopedia de la Música en Venezuela, Tomo I. Caracas. . ISBN 980-642-803-X

Fundación Bigott

Rosenberg, Dan and Phil Sweeney. Salsa con Gasolina. 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 624–630. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books.  1-85828-636-0

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(in French) Musée d'ethnographie de Genève. Accessed 25 November 2010.

Audio clips: Traditional music of Venezuela.

Accessed 25 November 2010.

BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Afro-Venezuelan music of the coast.

Accessed 25 November 2010.

BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Harp playing cowboys of the central plains.

Llanera Music