Celina González
Celina González Zamora (16 March 1929 – 4 February 2015) was a Cuban singer-songwriter, who specialized in "música campesina", traditional music of the Cuban countryside. She is best known for co-authoring A Santa Bárbara with her partner Reutilio Domínguez.[1] Her recording of it was a hit, as was Celia Cruz's version. González and Domínguez wrote "Yo soy el punto cubano": the recording was a hit in many countries throughout the world.[citation needed]
González was born in
Beny Moré and Barbarito Diez. In 1964 the duo stopped performing together and González continued as a soloist. In later years she sang with her son Lázaro, and was usually accompanied by the conjunto Campo Alegre. [citation needed
]
Initially, her music was mainly that of the European countryside guajiro (peasant), with lyrics based on the poetics of
son and the guaracha
, and her later work made frequent use of those forms.
In 1980 she won
Cali, Colombia, and after a successful tour in Europe in 1988 she recorded a session for the BBC. [citation needed
]
Albums La rica cosecha and Desde La Habana te traigo were well received, and she was nominated, unsuccessfully, for a
Grammy in 2001 in the 'Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album' category, for her CD Cincuenta años... como una reina. The album won instead the Cubadisco award for the same year.[4] She died on 4 February 2015, aged 85[5] in her homeland Cuba.[6]
Discography
- Albums
- La Rica Cosecha
- Desde la Habana te Traigo
- Cincuenta Años... Como una Reina
- Contributing artist
References
- ^ not the traditional song Santa Bárbara bendita.
- ^ Giro, Radamés 2007. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. La Habana. vol 3, p. 273 'Punto'.
- ^ Linares, María Teresa 1999. El punto cubano. Santiago de Cuba.
- ^ Giro, Radamés 2007. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. La Habana. vol 2, p164.
- ^ Cantor-Navas, Judy (5 February 2015). "Cuban Country Queen Celina Gonzalez Dead at 85". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "A musical journey in honor of Celina González". ElHeraldo.Co (in Spanish). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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