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Raimundo Valenzuela de Leon (23 January 1848 in San Antonio de los Baños – 27 April 1905 in Havana) was a leading Cuban trombonist, composer and bandleader. == Life & career == Valenzuela studied music under his father, Lucas: he learnt piano, viola, percussion, but was first employed by ''Orquesta Flor de Cuba'' as a trombonist. He was playing for ''La Flor'' in the Alhambra theatre in Havana in 1869, when a group of Spanish anti-revolutionary volunteers attacked the theatre and its patrons. That night the theatre had been performing anti-colonial works for the benefit of rebels declaring Cuban independence, in what became known as the Ten Years' War. He established his band from the remains of Flor de Cuba after the death of its leader, Juan de Dios Alfonso. Like its forebear, the orchestra was a típica in format, based mostly on wind instruments. It was, like ''Flor de Cuba'', the most popular típica of its day. Valenzuela's bands played everywhere in Havana. They played for balls, the theatre, carnavals, and for all racial groups and all levels of society. Raimundo contributed financially and personally to the development of the Cuban War of Independence in 1895. When Raimundo died in 1905, his brother Pablo Valenzuela became Director of the orchestra. Valenzuela's compositions were mostly danzones, such as ''El negro bueno'', ''María Belen'', ''Los empleados de Tacón''; and the zarzuela ''La mulata María''.〔Orovio, Helio 2004. ''Cuban music from A to Z''. p222〕〔Giro, Radamés 2007. ''Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba''. La Habana. vol 4, p257〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raimundo Valenzuela」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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