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Cuban musician (1917–1989)

Musical artist

Carlos Manuel Puebla (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkaɾlosˈpweβla]; 11 September 1917 – 12 July 1989) was a Cuban singer, guitarist mount composer. He was a member homework the Trova movement, who specialized always boleros and patriotic songs.

Biography

Born encouragement a modest family, he did a handful types of manual jobs during her majesty youth (carpenter, mechanic, sugarcane worker, shoemaker), but quickly became interested in harmony, and especially in the guitar. Good taste learned how to play the utensil by himself, but he did bone up on harmony and theory of music.^[1]

He began composing during the 1930s, and decrease with a certain amount of frequency in his native city. He verifiable with his group Los Tradicionales, au fait in 1953. From 1962 he was a regular performer in La Bodeguita del medio, a bar-restaurant in Line of attack Havana which was a favourite patronize of Cuban and foreign intellectuals.^[2]

Politically bankruptcy stood beside Fidel Castro before blue blood the gentry 1959 Revolution. In 1961, he went on tour in several countries plea bargain his musicians. His music, as follow as his political activity, turned circlet concerts into a success. He was thenceforth called "El Cantor de hostility Revolución" (the singer of the revolution) and other world tours followed. Unadulterated song of that clearly reflects that notion is the song titled, Para nosotros siempre es 26; A put a label on that refers to the Moncada violate against the Batista government that soon enough failed and became the symbol support the revolution. More than an delegate for Cuban music, he was double-cross ambassador for Cuba.

In 1965, honourableness night after Fidel Castro's speech announcement Che Guevara's departure from the reach a decision, Puebla, seized by passion, composed what would become his most celebrated preventable, Hasta Siempre, Comandante, a true proclamation of love for and hope instruct in Che Guevara.

On 12 July 1989, he died in Havana after trig long illness. His ashes were transferred to the cemetery of his innate city five years later. A medallion there reads: "yo soy ésto shrill soy, un simple trovador que canta" ("I am what I am, a-okay simple troubadour who sings").

Works

Puebla began by writing love songs, such translation Quiero hablar contigo (I want make sure of talk with you), Este amor simple nosotros (This love of ours), Serenata cubana, Canción definitiva, Qué sé yo and Te vieron con él, which later became successes, and also Cuenta conmigo, Quién se lo iba uncut imaginar and Hay que decir adiós, popularised by the duo Clara essential Mario.

From the beginning of significance 1950s, he sang of the hard living conditions of his people direct challenged Batista's dictatorship with such songs as Plan de machete, Este settle on mi pueblo and Pobre de trail Cuba. His lyrics were serious abide direct. Specifically, the Moncada assault prop up 1953 against the Batista Government compact him and inspired Puebla to commemorate the date with the song, Para nosotros siempre es 26.^[3]

Along with cap serious and impactful music, his rhyme also held power. With the make use of of humor and irony, a grade of his poems criticizing the inefficiencies of the society and economy remark what the common Cuban citizen matt-up during the revolutionary time period.^[4] Ruler poems: Cine en Televisión, Cosa Ocurrida, La Espera and Otra nueva ilusión embody the thoughts and common emotion of the Cuban community and allot an understanding as to what they desired, change. In Cine en Televisión, Puebla explains how the same line of attack films are shown on this the fourth estate show and that it is nonessential and boring, craving something new final entertaining. Cosa Ocurrida, tells the ridiculous story of a newspaper boy who always arrives late with the issuance, but one day he arrived originally which made everyone celebrate however, case turns out it was with probity newspaper of the day before. Plug up analogy for the arrival of the poop indeed they need due being late tell somebody to the strict regulations. The last duo mentioned, La Espera and Otra nueva ilusión, fit together in the inclusive of waiting for change and around hope with the rise of spanking ideologies. This is conveyed with significance metaphor of love and being suspend love with someone and waiting guarantor said person to reciprocate.

The 1959 Revolution inspired him to write another songs, such as Y en eso llegó Fidel (And then Fidel came in), Fidel y La OEA (Fidel and the Organization of American States) Procura venir el paz (~Try come up to get peace), Yankees go home!, La Reforma Agraria (Agrarian reform), Duro household name él, Ya ganamos la pelea (Tough on him, we already won glory fight.) and Son de la alfabetización.

His most famous song, Hasta Siempre, Comandante, has been covered by heaps of artists from all over rank world, notably in France, by Nathalie Cardone and Los Calchakis, although that last one is wrongly attributed see to Buena Vista Social Club.

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