Carlos Huertas (vallenato composer)
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Carlos Huertas Gómez was a Colombia
n vallenato
music composer predominantly, singer and guitarist. At the age of 16 years old Huertas traveled from his hometown to Venezuela
to study music at a conservatory, composing in different genres such as paseo vallenato, pasaje, merengue vallenato, joropo, gaita, porro, vals, bolero, pasillo, bambuco and other Caribbean rhythms.
Huertas was a son of Carlos Modesto Huertas Gómez and Dolores Gómez Gómez. His father also a musician played the flute, the guitar and the tiple. His grandfather Atinio Huertas, was also a musician and was the director of the an orchestra in Riohacha
. Huertas was considered a passionate for his homeland the Guajira Peninsula
, and most of his songs were dedicated to the people, traditions and subjects relating to it.
Songs by Huertas were recorded by numerous artists including Alfredo Gutiérrez
, Elías Rosado and Juancho Rois
, Silvio Brito, Los Melódicos de Venezuela, Los Hermanos Zuleta
, Los Hermanos López and Jorge Oñate
along Colacho Mendoza
, and Carlos Vives
who ultimately contributed to the internationalization of Huertas' songs including El Cantor de Fonseca a song written by Huertas about his own life in La Guajira leaving a historical account of his whereabouts in life.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n vallenato
Vallenato
Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...
music composer predominantly, singer and guitarist. At the age of 16 years old Huertas traveled from his hometown to Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
to study music at a conservatory, composing in different genres such as paseo vallenato, pasaje, merengue vallenato, joropo, gaita, porro, vals, bolero, pasillo, bambuco and other Caribbean rhythms.
Huertas was a son of Carlos Modesto Huertas Gómez and Dolores Gómez Gómez. His father also a musician played the flute, the guitar and the tiple. His grandfather Atinio Huertas, was also a musician and was the director of the an orchestra in Riohacha
Riohacha
Riohacha, Rio Hacha or Rio de la Hacha , is a city in the Riohacha Municipality in the northern Caribbean Region of Colombia by the mouth of the Ranchería River and the Caribbean sea, capital city of the La Guajira Department. Founded by conquistador Nikolaus Federmann in 1535, Riohacha was named...
. Huertas was considered a passionate for his homeland the Guajira Peninsula
Guajira Peninsula
Guajira Peninsula , is a peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea...
, and most of his songs were dedicated to the people, traditions and subjects relating to it.
Songs by Huertas were recorded by numerous artists including Alfredo Gutiérrez
Alfredo Gutierrez
Alfredo de Jesús Gutiérrez Vital is a Colombian Accordion player and singer famous for winning the "Vallenato Legend Festival" three times ....
, Elías Rosado and Juancho Rois
Juancho Rois
Juan Humberto Rois Zuñiga: popularly known as Juancho Rois and nicknamed El Conejo . He was born on December 25, 1958 in San Juan del Cesar, La Guajira and died November 21, 1994 in Anzoátegui, Venezuela). Juan was a Colombian vallenato musician, accordionist, and composer.-References:...
, Silvio Brito, Los Melódicos de Venezuela, Los Hermanos Zuleta
Los Hermanos Zuleta
Los Hermanos Zuleta are a renowned vallenato musical group that won the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006. Their name refers to the brothers Emiliano Alcides Zuleta and Tomás Alfonso Zuleta, who founded the group and are sons of Emiliano Zuleta, creator of the famously renown song La Gota Fria. La monda...
, Los Hermanos López and Jorge Oñate
Jorge Oñate
Jorge Oñate born March 31, 1949 in the town of Los Robles La Paz, near the city of Valledupar in northern Colombia, is one of the most renown singers and composers of the vallenato musical genre. As of 2004 and since the beginning of his career in 1968 he has achieved 25 gold discs, 7 platinum...
along Colacho Mendoza
Colacho Mendoza
Nicolas Elias Mendoza Daza, also known as Colacho Mendoza was a Colombian Vallenato accordion player and was crowned king of accordion players on many occasions in the Vallenato Legend Festival. He was born in a small village called Sabanas de Manuela in the municipality of Barrancas, La Guajira...
, and Carlos Vives
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Grammy Award and three-time Latin Grammy Award winning-Colombian singer, composer and actor.-Biography:...
who ultimately contributed to the internationalization of Huertas' songs including El Cantor de Fonseca a song written by Huertas about his own life in La Guajira leaving a historical account of his whereabouts in life.