Augusto Polo Campos
Encyclopedia
Augusto Armando Polo Campos (25 February 1932, Ayacucho
, Peru
) is a Peruvian composer.
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 rimes.
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.
He was in a controversy about authorship of the song "Cariño Malo", with Armando Manzanero
, and APDAYC.
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.
He has a daughter (Flor) and a son Augusto Polo Campos, Jr.
Ayacucho
Ayacucho is the capital city of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru.Ayacucho is famous for its 33 churches, which represent one for each year of Jesus's life. Ayacucho has large religious celebrations, especially during the Holy Week of Easter...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
) is a Peruvian composer.
Life
One of the best Peruvians compositors of all times. He is author of innumerable popular international hits which represent the originality and richness of Peruvian identity with their melody and lyrics.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 rimes.
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.
He was in a controversy about authorship of the song "Cariño Malo", with Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....
, and APDAYC.
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.
He has a daughter (Flor) and a son Augusto Polo Campos, Jr.
Songs
- La Jarana de Colón
- Romance en la Parada
- Cariño Malo
- Cada Domingo a las doce, después de la Misa
- 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