Lamento Borincano is a wonderful collection of early recordings of Puerto Rican music that cover an astonishingly wide range of styles, from sophisticated danzas, which have a strong European influence, to the earthier sound of the seis jibaro and plena, which were created by farm workers and laborers, to the bolero, son, and guaracha, which were imports from Cuba/5(27).

Oct 29,  · Lamento Borincano 2. El Eco Y El Carretero 3. Lamento Del Campesino 4. La Hija Del Viejo Pancho 5. Ensillando Mi Caballo 6. Los Carreteros 7. Mi Cabana 8. Mananitas Camperas # in Latin Pop (CDs & Vinyl) # in Music of Puerto Rico; Would you like to tell us about a lower price?

Lamento Borincano features 50 songs, performed by 20 groups, on two CDs of Puerto Rican music recorded prior to World War II. In fact, most of the songs were recorded in New York, and all but one were done from onward, which doesn't affect the quality of the music.8/

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of Paseando Por Puerto Rico con Arturo Somohano on Discogs. Label: Alcazar - ALC • Format: Vinyl LP, Album • Country: US • Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & Country • Style: Danzon, Bolero, Folk5/5(1).

According to Rafael Hernández Marín (), the Afro-Puerto Rican composer of “Lamento borincano,” it was on a cold December day in , as he reminisced with some friends about the warmth of his homeland of Puerto Rico in a Harlem restaurant, when he approached an “almost-falling-apart-piano in a corner” and began to “spontaneously” compose the famous bolero (qtd. in Glasser .

"Lamento Borincano" (English: Puerto Rican Mourning) is Rafael Hernández Marín 's acclaimed composition in Puerto Rico 's patriotic tradition. It takes its name from the free musical form Lament (Latin, lāmentor), and from Borinquen, an indigenous name for the island.

Aug 29,  · Rafael Hernández (October 24, December 11, ), is considered by many to be the greatest composer of Puerto Rican music. Hernández (birth name: Rafael Hernández Marín) was born in the town of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, into a poor family. As a child, he learned the craft of cigar making, from which he made a modest living.

The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.

Oct 05,  · Grupo Afro Boricua (bajo la direccion de William Cepeda) Cancion: Lamento Borincano Produccion Musical: Bombazo No copyright infringement intended. All music .