7-538: (Redirected from Villalon ) Villalón or Villalon may refer to: Alberto Villalón (1882–1955), one of the greatest musicians in the Cuban trova style Consuelo Villalon Aleman (1907–1998), a well-known Mexican pianist during the 20th century Eric Villalon (born 1973), a Paralympic alpine skier from Spain Fernando Villalón (1881–1930),
14-463: A Spanish poet and farmer Jade Villalon (born 1980), an American and European pop singer, songwriter, and actress María Villalón (born 1989), a Spanish singer, winner of the first series of Spanish version of The X Factor in 2007 Pedro de Rivera y Villalón , a brigadier general in the Spanish army, which was sent to New Mexico in 1724 See also [ edit ] Villalón de Campos ,
21-616: A founding member of the Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro . Alberto brought into the septet Juan de la Cruz and Benvenido León, who had been playing with him in a trio. The addition of the first really great sonero, Abelardo Barroso (1905 – 1972), made the Nacional the best group in Cuba for its time. Villalón's career, then, connected the world of trova with the world of son which became central to Cuba's popular music for
28-553: A municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Villalón . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villalón&oldid=1117661022 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
35-510: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alberto Villal%C3%B3n Alberto Villalón Morales (7 June 1882 in Santiago de Cuba – 16 July 1955 in Havana ) was one of the greatest musicians in the Cuban trova style. He was the only one of the 'four greats' of the trova to come from a well-to-do family. Villalón and his sister América studied guitar with Pepe Sánchez ,
42-493: The Teatro Alhambra company; Colombo was the most recorded singer of the age. A difference between Villalón and the other early trovadors was in his guitar technique. With his training he preferred picking (punteado) instead of strumming (rasgueado), which had been the main technique previously. This gave him a wider range of harmonic possibilities and a characteristic style. He had a second career in 1927 when he became
49-506: The father of the trova movement. Later, he studied classical guitar to achieve a really excellent technique. He composed his first canciones and boleros at fourteen, and moved to Havana in 1900. In 1907 he recorded on Edison cylinders. In 1908 he formed the Cuarteto Villalón with Adolfo Colombo (tenor), Claudio García (baritone), Emilio Reinoso (mandolin), and Alberto Villalón (guitar). Colombo and García were regular members of
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