Augusto Polo Campos
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| birth_place = Puquio, Ayacucho, Peru
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| genre = Peruvian music
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Augusto Armando Polo Campos (25 February 1932 – 17 January 2018) was a Peruvian composer.
Life
Born in Puquio, Polo Campos is considered one of the best Peruvian composers of all time. He was author of many popular international hits which represent the originality and richness of Peruvian identity with their melody and lyrics.{{cite web|url=http://www.generaccion.com/usuarios/articulo.php?id%3D958 |title=AUGUSTO POLO CAMPOS, EXPRESIVO y PROLÍFICO COMPOSITOR NACIONAL - Generaccion.com | Primer Portal Interactivo Web 2.0 |accessdate=2010-02-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103125449/http://generaccion.com/usuarios/articulo.php?id=958 |archivedate=2010-01-03 }}
In 1933, his family went to reside in the city of Lima. They lived in the historical Rímac District, (also the name of Lima's most famous river). From an early age Augusto discovered a love and ability to recite and compose verses and rhymes.
His home was frequently visited by artists and singers who like to dance and sing Peruvian music, all of which would eventually influence and motivate the creativity of Polo Campos, who not much later would become a prolific and successful career as an admired composer whose songs would form part of the Peruvian traditions forever.{{Cite web |url=http://s1.accesoperu.com/wp6/wp6.php?p=10358 |title=Augusto Polo Campos |access-date=2010-02-21 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174155/http://s1.accesoperu.com/wp6/wp6.php?p=10358 |url-status=dead }}
He was in a controversy about authorship of the song "Cariño Malo", with Armando Manzanero, and APDAYC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guillermotejadadapuetto.com/2010/02/apdayc-suspende-augusto-polo-campos-por.html|title = Armando Manzanero Demando a Polo Campos Por Dañar Su Imagen| date=February 2010 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/201064.html|title=Armando Manzanero Demanda Augusto Polo Campos Cariño Malo Fotos|access-date=2010-02-21|archive-date=2018-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329121438/http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/201064.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.magalyteve.com/SANCIONADO.-Augusto-Polo-Campos-es-suspendido-por-el-Apdayc-durante-10-anos-_3876_5.html |title=NOTICIAS DE LA FARÁNDULA DE PERÚ e INTERNACIONAL: SANCIONADO. Augusto Polo Campos es suspendido por el Apdayc durante 10 años |access-date=2010-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210015419/http://www.magalyteve.com/SANCIONADO.-Augusto-Polo-Campos-es-suspendido-por-el-Apdayc-durante-10-anos-_3876_5.html |archive-date=2010-02-10 |url-status=dead }}
He never studied music and does not play any instrument, being a self-taught whose talent and intelligence has helped him to create many beautiful songs making him able to obtain a Guinness Record for been able to make a song in less than 2 minutes. One of his songs was included in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.{{Cite web|url=http://peruanista.blogspot.com/2008/11/peruvian-music-included-in-quantum-of.html|title=Blogger}}
He had 7 children, Carmen, Augusto, Selena,Marco,Giomar, Flor and a Cristovals [http://augustopolo.com/html/biography.html Artist's website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215152355/http://augustopolo.com/html/biography.html |date=December 15, 2009 }}
His vals "Regresa" was a number one hit internationally for Peruvian singer Lucha Reyes, and again in an instrumental form for Peruvian electronic band Madre Matilda.Kimberly A. Dodge -Fusion Peruana: Contemporary Peruvian Musical Hybrids 0549557431 2008- Page 105 -"Augusto Polo Campos, who composed “Regresa” among other important valses, supports Jaime Cuadra's project because he believes that it is the best way for this music to travel the world, "Regresa" was also the title track of an album by Los Violines de Lima in 1970.7 días del Perú y del mundo - Issues 691-704 - Page xli 1971 "A pocas semanas del lanzamiento de su álbum Regresa, aparece esta nueva placa con catorce variadas y gustadas composiciones."
Songs
- Cariño Bonito
- Regresa
- De la victoria a la Gloria Alianza Lima
- Esta es mi tierra
- La Jarana de Colón
- Romance en la Parada
- Cariño Malo
- Cada Domingo a las doce, después de la Misa http://pilpinta.blogspot.com/2008/08/cada-domingo-las-doce-despus-de-la-misa.html {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}
- Regresa
- Vuelve pronto
- Si Lima pudiera Hablar
- Y se llama... Perú
- Cuando Llora mi Guitarra
- Contigo Perú
- Tu Perdición
- Morena, la Flor de Lima
- Limeña
- Hombre con H
- Ay Raquel
Discography
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|bW5AmP-smMQ|Cuando llora mi Guitarra, Vals}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180321173200/http://lostroveroscriollos.com/video.php?contentID=271 Romance en la Parada, Vals]
- [http://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/2617582/Augusto-Polo-Campos_.html Juan Cruz Castiñeiras entrevista al compositor peruano Augusto Polo Campos]
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Category:People from the Department of Ayacucho