Eduardo Serrano | |
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Birth Date: | February 14, 1911 |
Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Death Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Genre: | Venezuelan popular music, merengue, waltzes, aguinaldos, pasodobles |
Occupation: | musician, conductor, composer |
Eduardo Valentín Serrano Torres (Caracas, February 14, 1911 – Caracas, October 13, 2008), was a Venezuelan popular musician, conductor and composer.[1] He composed many important Venezuelan merengue; one of his most important works was the song "Barlovento".[2] He won the National Music Prize in 1988. He died on October 13, 2008, at the age of 97.