Biography

Romero was born in San Luis Obispo, California

California

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 in 1854 and died in Boston

Boston

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, November 19, 1893. His parents came from Spain

Spain

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. As a boy he played the guitar

Guitar

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 and when he moved to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, he continued his studies with Miguel S. Arrevalo. Later he moved to San Jose, California

San Jose, California

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 to perform and teach and while there began to published numerous works. Subsequently he moved to Boston and continued his teaching practice while establishing his performance career which led to publishing many of his original and arranged works with Jean White Publishing Co. of Boston.