Ángel Custodio Loyola
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ángel Custodio Loyola
| image = Ángel Custodio Loyola.jpg
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| birth_name =
| alias = El renco Loyola
El tigre de Masaguarito
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|9|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Mata Arzolera, Guárico, Venezuela
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|9|24|1926|9|4}}
| death_place = Cagua, Aragua, Venezuela
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| genre = Joropo
| occupation = musician, singer, composer
| years_active = 1947–1985
| label = Discomoda, Cahilapo
| past_member_of = Juan Vicente Torrealba
Ignacio Figueredo
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Ángel Custodio Loyola (September 4, 1926 – September 24, 1985), was a Venezuelan singer and composer, known as a pioneer in the joropo genre. He wrote many popular songs, including "El Gavilán", "Tierra Negra", "Carnaval", "Sentimiento Llanero", "Catira Marmoleña", "Faenas Llaneras", and "Puerto Miranda". He is considered to have been one of the greatest exponents of llanera music.{{cite news |title=Ellos se convirtieron en leyenda de la música llanera |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-1632577 |newspaper=El Tiempo |date=June 28, 2005 |accessdate=April 10, 2019}}
Partial discography
- Pasaje contramarcado (Discomoda DCM-119)
- Buenos Aires llaneros (Discomoda DCM-195)
- Sentimiento llanero (Discomoda DCM-246)
- Corrío Apureño (Discomoda DCM-256)
- El guachamarón (Discomoda DCM-287)
- Travesias de Mata Larga (Discomoda DCM-298)
- El tigre de Masaguarito (Discomoda DCM-414)
- Señores, Aquí está un llanero (Discomoda DCM-462)
- Ay! Catira Marmoleña (Discomoda DCM-623)
- Sentir Venezolano (Philips 40.097)
- El Indio Modesto Laya (Palacio LPS-66.386)
- El Guariqueño si sabe (Cachilapo LPC-017)
=Compilations=
- El Disco de Oro de Ángel C. Loyola (Discomoda DCM-973)
- Ángel C. Loyola-El Carrao-Eneas Perdomo (Discomoda LP-TB 1402)
- Bravos del Canto Llanero (Discomoda DCM ER-20010)
- Clásicos llaneros de Ángel Custodio Loyola (Discomoda 601537)
- Loyola y El Carrao (Foca Records FD-43398673)
See also
References
- Casanares, Juan - Ángel Custodio Loyola : Todo el llano en la voz (El Nacional, Caracas, September 7, 1980)
- Hernández Camacho, Pedro - Al rescate de la música criolla (Elite Magazine, Caracas, June 19, 1969)
- Medina, Vicente - Cosas de cantadores (El Nacional, Caracas, May 28, 1977)
- Vallejo, Raúl - Se despidió El Pajarillo. Custodio permanente de nuestra música (El Nacional, September 25, 1985)
- Enciclopedia de la Música en Venezuela, (ed. Fundación Bigott ({{ISBN|980-6428-02-1}}) Caracas, Venezuela, 1998)
- Últimas Noticias, July 17, 2009. "Punto Criollo" by Alfredo Cisneros
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130124012723/http://www.fundacionjoseguillermocarrillo.com/sitio/musfolloyola.php International Jose Guillermo Carrillo Foundation]}}
- [http://www.llanera.com/musica/index.php?idc=59 Songs of Ángel C. Loyola at www.llanera.com]
- [http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/literatura/poe/poe47.htm Poem dedicated to Loyola at www.lablaa.org]
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Category:Venezuelan male composers
Category:Venezuelan folk singers