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Agustin Lara's Boleros

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Agustin Lara (1897-1970) is the most recognizable composer of boleros, known for transforming the genre into a popular, poetry-focused style. He was influenced by Sanchez and Cardenas. Of the development of the genre, he had this to say:

 
Yo no sabria distinguir técnicamente la metamorphosis de una musica que está marcada a cuatro tiempos. Lo único que puedo decir es que pude construer, o soñar, mejor dicho, un bolero que tenia palabras accesibles y que ademas era bailable; de ahí que ‘pegó’. Cuando compuse mis boleros, pensaba que me iban a lustrar mis zapatos..I don’t know how I would distinguish, technically, the metamorphosis of a music that is marked in four. All I can say is that I was able to construct, or more like dream, a bolero that had accessible words and that was also danceable; and from that it became a hit. When I composed my boleros I imagined they would add luster to my shoes.. [1]
 
 
 
 
 
[1] Dueñas, Pablo. Historia Documental del Bolero Mexicano. Associación Mexicana de Estudios Fonograficos. 1993. Mexico, D.F., p. 21

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