Consuelo Velázquez
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Consuelo Velázquez Torres (August 21, 1916, in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco – January 22, 2005,[1] Mexico City), also popularly known as Consuelito Velázquez,[2] was a Mexican concert pianist and composer. She was the composer of famous Mexican ballads such as "Bésame mucho", "Amar y vivir", and "Cachito".[1]
Beginning Years
Originally from
As performing on the radio for a young woman of a wealthy family was risky, she used a male pseudonym in her first years.[1] Mariano Rivera Conde, who was the artistic director of the station, pushed her to admit she was the author of the songs. Velázquez married him six years later.[1]
Composer
As a composer her legacy has been more well known. Her first compositions, "No me pidas nunca", "Pasional" and "Déjame quererte", were from the genre "naturaleza romántica", which emphasizes nature's beauty and strength.[2] Later, songs like "Bésame mucho", "Amar y vivir", "Verdad Amarga", "Franqueza", "Chiqui", "Cachito", "Que seas feliz", "Enamorada", "Orgullosa y bonita" and "Yo no fui" (a danceable song initially popularized by Pedro Infante and, in recent years, by Pedro Fernández) emerged among others. Velázquez's work as an actress in the 1938 Argentinian movie Noches de Carnaval[5] directed by filmmaker Julio Saraceni was unique for her career. As a pianist she was also involved in the Mexican movies directed by Julián Soler Se le pasó la mano[6] made in 1952 and Mis padres se divorcian[7] made in 1959. Additionally, she appeared in the documentary about her life, Consuelo Velázquez,[8] made in 1992. Throughout her life she composed music for several Mexican movies.
Bésame mucho
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Her best-known piece is the iconic song "
Personal life
Years after the beginning of her career, Velázquez married the media owner and artist promoter Mariano Rivera Conde (died in 1977), and they had two sons, Mariano and Sergio Rivera Velázquez. In the period between 1979 and 1982 she was a part of the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union, which was her only contribution in politics of her country. She was winner of the
Death
Affected by cardiovascular sickness, Velázquez died on January 22, 2005, at the age of 88. Her body was moved to the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the stage of her first show, in tribute to the known artists of the town. Her ashes later were buried in the Santo Tomas Moro church, where she went every Sunday for mass. As her last artistic contribution, she performed piano in the most recent album of the Mexican singer Cecilia Toussaint titled Para mi... Consuelo, which contains songs by Velázquez.
In 1977 the concert pianist also received the Award of Peace of the United Nations, together with her colleague the teacher Ramon Inclan Aguilar and the journalist and singer Wilbert Alonzo Cabrera, Lola Beltrán and Maria Medina. This award was presented to them by the General Clerk of the UN due to this artistic participation and organization of a lavish Mexican festival for the "día del personal" of the United Nations, a day that celebrates the contributions of people in uniform and civilians to the work of the organization.[12]
Recently, it has been discovered that the composer left seven unedited songs in her last wishes, among them "Donde siempre" (dedicated to Cecilia Toussaint), "Mi bello Mazatlán" (that the Banda El Recodo will record) and "Por el camino", that Velázquez left to the Mexican singer Luis Miguel.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Tuckman, Jo (January 26, 2005). "Obituary: Consuelo Velázquez". the Guardian. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "Consuelo Velázquez". IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "Consuelo Velázquez". www.peermusic.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ Saraceni, Julio, Noches de carnaval, retrieved February 25, 2022
- ^ Soler, Julián (October 29, 1952), Se le pasó la mano (Comedy), Apolo Films, retrieved February 25, 2022
- ^ Soler, Julián (May 28, 1959), Mis padres se divorcian (Comedy, Drama, Romance), Cinematográfica Filmex S.A., retrieved February 25, 2022
- ^ Lara, Maria del Carmen de, Consuelo Velázquez (Documentary, Short), Bancomer, Calacas y Palomas, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA), retrieved February 25, 2022
- ^ "Stories of Standards: "Bésame Mucho"". KUVO. July 21, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "Consuelo Velázquez Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110722225045/http://www.ecultura.gob.mx/artistas_y_grupos_artisticos/pnca/indiceac/pnca_anoycampo.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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(help) - ^ Nations, United. "Día Internacional del Personal de Paz de la ONU | Naciones Unidas". United Nations (in Spanish). Retrieved March 2, 2022.
External links
- Consuelo Velázquez at IMDb