Guillermo Venegas Lloveras Explained
| Guillermo Venegas Lloveras |
| Birth Place: | Quebradillas, Puerto Rico |
| Birth Date: | October 12, 1915 |
| Death Date: | July 23, 1993 (aged 63) |
| Occupation: | songwriter |
Guillermo Segundo Venegas Lloveras (Quebradillas, Puerto Rico October 12, 1915 – Santurce, Puerto Rico July 23, 1993) was a Puerto Rican songwriter. After success in his youth with popular boleros, waltzes, tangos, marches, and danzas, in later life he returned to classical music. A two-hour television program was produced by Puerto Rico Lyric Theatre director Jesús Quiñones Ledesma (otherwise known by stage name as the operatic tenor Ricardo Ledesma).[1] After his death the rights to his songs were disputed.[2] [3]
Guillermo Venegas Lloveras died of stomach cancer on July 23, 1993 at Pavia Hospital in Santurce, Puerto Rico.[4]
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Notes and References
- http://www.gvenegas.com/bio-eng.htm Biography (English)
- IPL Newsletter: A Publication of the American Bar 2004 "In 1993 Ralph Vargas composed a rhythm track called "Bust Dat Groove. ... 2005). Guillermo Venegas-Lloveras, who died in 1993, was a Puerto Rican composer who obtained numerous copyrights and licensed them to the music publishing ..."
- The United States Patents Quarterly 2005- Page 1323 "The musical compositions are those of Guillermo Venegas-Lloveras ("GVL"), a well-known Puerto Rican composer who died in 1993. Because multiple issues are presented, we begin with an overview of background events and pertinent ... rights in GVL's works belonged to his children, ostensibly under his will and a later understanding reached between Chavez and the siblings in settling the estate; however, just what rights were so adjudicated is a matter of dispute on this"
- Web site: Guillermo Venegas Lloveras . Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular . November 12, 2020 . es . December 15, 2023.
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures ed. Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M. López - 2000 - "In 1969, Benítez's spectacular success at the First World Festival of Canción Latina, held in Mexico, with her song 'Génesis' (written by Guillermo Venegas Lloveras) placed her unequivocally on an international stage"
