Sinfonia Latina
Sinfonia Latina is a rock concert that became a festival.[1][2][3][4]The first concert occured on May 7, 1976, at 8PM in Barranquilla, Colombia at the municipal theater Amira de la Rosa.[1][2][3][5][6][7][8] The event attracted audiences of 3,000 inside the structure.[1][2][3][6][7]An estimated 4,000 people remained outside unable to enter the theater under construction.[1][2][3] Billed as a musical Supershow in Barranquilla,[3] Sinfonia Latina was composed, directed, and conducted by Roberto McCausland Dieppa.[1][2][3][6] Stemming from the rock music revolution of the time,[3]the supershow was part of the avante garde counterculture movement.[6]
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The music, gained attention for fusing, Salsa, Rock, Jazz, Spanish, and Afro-Caribbean music into a classical format.[2][3][6] The concert centered on a poem written by Mr."Dieppa" inspired by the sixth century philosopher and mathmatician Thales of Miletus.[1][3][6][7] "Dieppa" started composing Sinfonia latina in 1974, at the age of 15, performing and conducting the work on May 7, 1976 after 9 months of ensemble rehearsals.[6][5][1]
References
- Galindo, Margarita (May 7, 1976). Renowitzky, Juan (ed.). "Un exito sin precedente". El Heraldo. Barranquilla Colombia: Diario del Caribe.
- Arguelles, Gloria (May 10, 1976). "Todo un éxito "La Sinfonia Latina" "El teatro Municipal resultó pequeño ante tanta gente"" [A complete success "The Latin Symphony" "The Munincipal Theater appeared small with so many people"]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). Barranquilla Colombia. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- Goelkel, Guillermo (May 8, 1976). "Supershow musical en Barranquilla" [Music Festival in Barranquilla]. Google News (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
- "La época dorada del rock en Barranquilla". www.elheraldo.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- Renowitzky, Juan B. Fernandez (May 7, 1976). "McCausland; un musico con mas talento que caballera" [McCausland a musician with more talent than hair]. El Heraldo (in Spanish). Barranquilla Colombia. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- Zapata, Mauricio (June 18, 2018). "Sinfonia Latina". La Ola Caribe. La Ola Caribe Magazine. p. 3.
- "La Sinfonía Latina que despertó al Amira". www.elheraldo.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-06.
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- Posada de la Pena, Francisco (May 23, 1976). "Sinfonia Latina Second Program". Diario del Caribe de Barranquilla.
- "Conversando con Roberto McCausland Dieppa". herencialatina.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
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- Posada de la Pena, Fransico (May 5, 1976). "Sinfonia Latina". Diario del Caribe de Barranquilla.
- Garcia Marquez, Gabriel (1982). "Entre Cachacos". Editorial La Oveja Negra Ltda. 111: 732.
- Yidi, Enrique; Stevenson, Adlai (13 September 2018). "Un libro que reconstruye a 'La Barranquilla desaparecida'". El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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- "S.N. Con Pacho Galan y Mancinis Band el 26"". Diario del ,Barranquilla. May 23, 1976. p. 8.
- Stevenson, Adlai (2017). Barranquilla y el desarollo historico de sus musicas. Colombia: Nomos S.A. pp. 11–34.
- Stevenson, Adlai (2017). La Historia llegada de musicos italianos a principio del siglo xx. Colombia: Nomos. pp. 35–40.
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