Juventino Rosas

Juventino Rosas (1868-1894)

Juventino Rosas was a Mexican composer with a background in a wide range of music. Rosas came from a family of music, his father was a harpist, his big brother Manuel was a guitarist and his other brother Patronicio was a singer. Rosas was already playing in a family quartet in Mexico City at an early age. Around 1884-1888 Rosas was matriculated twice into the conservatory but he was not able to finish the process either time. Rosas concentrated on playing in dances and in the streets of Mexico City. In his later years, Rosas planted his feet in his native Mexico. Rosas composed and published an enormous number of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and schottisches. The military gave Rosas band and an orchestra a chance to participate in a tour through the USA. Rosas was one the best known Mexican composers of salon music, he was famous for several works such as:“Sobre las Olas” (Over the Waves. He broadened his horizons and started playing New Orleans Jazz and Tejano music. His music still remains popular with country and old-time fiddlers in the United States.

Discography of Works: Waltzes Polkas

• 1888- La cantinera (A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
• 1890- Carmela (A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
• 1891- Ojos negros (A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
• 1893- Flores de México (Eduardo Gariel, Saltillo / Robert Forberg, Leipzig) Mazurcas
• 1888- Acuérdate (A. Wagner y Levien, Mexico City)
• 1888- Lejos de ti (H. Nagl. Sucs.)
• 1890- Juanita (A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)
• 1899- Último adiós (A. Wagner y Levien Sucs., Mexico City / Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig)

Bibliography: Jesús Rodríguez Frausto: Juventino Rosas. Notas nuevas sobre su vida, Guanajuato 1969 Víctor Manuel García Flores: "Juventino Rosas Cadenas, Síntesis Biográfica", Guanajuato 2006 "Juventino Rosas." Lastfm.com. http://www.last.fm/music/
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