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  Juan Morel Campos - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Juan Morel Campos (May 16, 1857-May 12, 1896), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was one of the composers of danzas who took that musical genre to its highest level.
Campos was one of the founders and directors of the "Ponce Firemen's Band" (La Banda de Bombero's del Parque de Bombas de Ponce).
Juan Morel Campos suffered a stroke on April 26, 1896 during a concert in Ponce.
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  Juan Morel Campos
Juan Morel Campos (May 16, 1857-May 12, 1896), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was one of the composers of danzas who took that musical genre to its highest level.
Later, Campos became a student of the composer Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, "The Father of the Danza".
Juan Morel Campos suffered a stroke on April 26, 1896 during a concert in Ponce.
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 Juan Morel Campos, Afro-Puerto Rican Composer & Musician
Campos began to study music at the young age of eight in Ponce under the guidance of Antonio Egipciaco.
Although Juan Morel Campos achieved great heights as a concert-pianist, his best scores are for the Concert Band, as he was also a flautist and an accomplished player of the Bass Trombone or Bombardino (an instrument which he richly featured in many of his Danzas).
Memorials to Juan Morel Campos include The Juan Morel Campos Free School of Music in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a monument in his honor in the Parque las Delicias in Ponce, and a 1984 declaration by the Government of Puerto Rico establishing May 16 of each year as "Juan Morel Campos Day".
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 Juan Morel Campos, Compositeur portoricain
Morel Campos est né dans le centre culturel principal de la Porto Rico pendant le 19e siècle.
Morel avait son propre orchestre de danse, 'La Lira Poncena', pour lequel il a écrit la plupart de ses compositions.
Juan Morel Campos a souffert une course avril 26, 1896 pendant un concert dans Ponce.
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 Juan Morel Campos - Mel Bay Profile
Morel Campos studied solfege (sight singing) and the flute from age six and, in addition to the piano, he also played the bombardino or baritone.
While Morel Campos is known to have traveled to South America, he spent most of his life in his hometown of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Juan Morel Campos died of a heart attack in Ponce on May 12.
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 Artists - Morel Campos, Juan - Music of Puerto Rico
He later became the most advanced student of Manuel G. Tavarez, considered The Father of the Danza, whose influence can be perceived in some of his first creating new danzas in which he incorporated all the rythms and styles of his time, plus many of his own, developing the form to what it is today.
Morel had his own dance orchestra, “La Lira Ponceña” for which he wrote most of his compositions.
Morel’s inspiration came from many sources, but most of his danzas are inspired on women and love.
www.musicofpuertorico.com /index.php/artists/juan_morel_campos   (368 words)

  
 Artists - Ríos Ovalle, Juan - Music of Puerto Rico
He was a member of the orchestra led by Juan Morel Campos, where he played first clarinet.
He was succesor as orchestra director to Juan Morel Campos who died prematurely in 1896, as the most authentic representative of the Ponce school of danza.
The danzas of Rios Ovalle have the same formal structure of the compositions of Juan Morel Campos.
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Juan Morel Campos and other masters gave it a popularity that resounded back to Spain.
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 Downloads: Mel Bay.com - Sheet Music, Video, Audio: Select Danzas of Juan Morel Campos for Classic Guitar Download, by ...
Juan Morel Campos (1857-1896) is credited not only with giving the Puerto Rican danza its present form, but also with creating some of its best examples.
The Puerto Rican danza assumed its definitive form around 1840 as a salon composition consisting of two sections: the paseo, an introductory passage, and the merengue which is the dance itself.
The danzas of Morel Campos are extremely diverse, employing a variety of rhythmic patterns and both encompassing both melancholy and festive moods.
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 Juan Morel Campos at Basic Music - Online Music Guide
Juan Morel Campos (May 16, 1857 — May 12, 1896), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was one of the composers of danzas who took that musical genre to its highest level.
His great love was a lady named Mercedes Arias, but her family did not approve of their relationship (Possibly because of racial differences).
There is a monument to Juan Morel Campos in the "Parque las Delicias" in Ponce and a section of the city (a barriada) is also named after him.
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 I.S. 71 Juan Morel Campos Secondary School
The school, originally a middle school, expanded in 2003 to become a 6th -- 12th grade program, and expects to graduate its first high school class in June 2007.
Unlike secondary schools whose upper grades experience an exodus of talented students after middle school, Juan Morel Campos flourishes in the high school grades.
Juan Campos has a strong visual and performing arts program, for which some high school students audition, but Fineman is emphatic that academics come first.
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 Jazz Concert Review - Boriken Danza Meets Jazz@ jazzreview.com
July 23, 2005 - Danza is a style of music popularized by Juan Morel Campos and Manuel G. Tavarez in Puerto Rico.
Elias was nice and so was the piano work dancing around the bass solo, a subtle placement of rhythmic delights.
The quartet turned into a trio for two tracks, starting with a number by Juan Morel Campos entitled “Felices Dias.” The other trio number, “Danza al Maestro,” a Mattos’ original, is a dedication to all Danza composers.
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 Jazz | All About Jazz
Musical genesis occurred when Jazz split off from Ragtime, fueled by one Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe, AKA "Jelly Roll" Morton, when he first sat down and syncopated his way fully into the Blues.
Many of the purveyors of "Terra Verde" contend that the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Ernesto Nazareth, Juan Morel Campos and the like preceded stylistically Scott Joplin and classic Ragtime, and therefore, jazz.
The family tree of jazz piano I have always promoted has Gottschalk begetting Joplin, Joplin begetting Morton.
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 Album de Fotos de Luciano Quiñones
Vista de parte de los asistentes a los actos, entre los que se destacaba un nutrido grupo de descendientes de Don Juan Morel Campos, funcionarios de distintas agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones culturales, así como público en general.
Este grupo está compuesto por tres sobrinas-biznietas de Don Juan Morel Campos, demostrándonos que su herencia cultural aún sigue dando frutos.
Después de las ceremonias se procedió a depositar varias ofrendas florales ante el monumento al maestro Morel Campos.
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 El Hogar De La Danza Puertorriqueña
Este año 2007 celebramos los 150 años del nacimiento de uno de los mas importantes compositores de Puerto Rico; Juan Morel Campos.
Cada agrupación presentará distintos aspectos e interpretaciones de la obra de Morel Campos; desde la música sinfónica hasta el sonido del Jazz.
La actividad contará con comentarios biográficos de Juan Morel Campos por el Dr.
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 School: JHS 71 Juan Morel Campos in Williamsburg | StreetEasy New York Real Estate Search
School: JHS 71 Juan Morel Campos in Williamsburg
Grades 6-9 School: JHS 71 Juan Morel Campos in Williamsburg
Links: NYC BOE website for JHS 71 Juan Morel Campos
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 Radio Paradise - eclectic online rock radio
Artists: Juan Morel Campos, Claude Debussy, Ernst Krenek, Edward MacDowell, Sergey Prokofiev, Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra, Jesus Maria Sanroma
Artists: Emilio Colón, Juan Morel Campos, Emilio Colon, Alberto Ginastera, Ernesto Lecuona, Luis R. Miranda, Angel Mislan, Astor Piazzolla, Nariaki Sugiura
Artists: Anonymous, Juan Morel Campos, Eric Reyes Carde, Fryderyk Chopin, Ernesto Cordero, Jose Feliciano, Daniel Fortea, Vincente Martinez Gomez, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Agustin Lara
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 The Terra Verde Corner - Terra Verde Related Links
Composer Juan Morel Campos (1857-1896) was a great exponent of the Puertorrican danza.
He has been a tireless promoter of ragtime and related music since 1978.
The Puertorrican danza originated around 1840 and was represented by Juan Morel Campos, Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, among several others.
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