Plácido Acevedo

Plácido Acevedo (1904 – 1974) was a musician born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He played the flute and trumpet and was also a composer, known for his originality. Acevedo's compositions include "Boda Gris" (Gray Wedding), "Por seguir tus huellas" (By Following Your Steps), and "Cabellera Blanca" (White Hair). After learning to play the flute, given by his father, Plácido Acevedo, Sr., he studied the trumpet, and when he attained mastery of the instrument, he traveled to New York, where he made his best creations. One of his most popular compositions was the "Zorzal" (Robin). This composition was sung by almost everybody in his time. He created numerous other pieces, including "Comedia" (Comedy), "Cuál Mágica Visión" (Magical Vision), "Amargas Mi Existencia" (You Bitter My Existence), "Santuario Sagrado" (Sacred Sanctuary), "Tus Besos Me Hicieron Tanto Daño" (Your Kisses Harmed Me), "Hiéreme Sin Compasión" (Wound Me Without Compassion), "El Flamboyán", "Tu Castigo Será Grande" (Your Punishment Will Be Great), "Dulce veneno" (Sweet Poison) and "Pobre Bardo" (Poor Bard). He founded the Mayarí Quartet in the 1930s, in honor of a town in Cuba. This Quartet is part of Puerto Rican musical history, having recorded more than thirty CDs. After Acevedo's death, Chiquitín Garcia became the director of the Mayarí Quartet.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1903 (Aguadilla), Died February 27, 1974 (Barceloneta)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, director, leader, trumpet, songwriter, lyricist, arranger

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-74671	10-in.	12/13/1932	Irma	Pedro Flores Grupo	Instrumental ensemble and male male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-74672	10-in.	12/13/1932	Celos	Pedro Flores Grupo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75262	10-in.	2/20/1933	Las juniors	Cuarteto Machín	Vocal and instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75263	10-in.	2/20/1933	Lamento campesino	Cuarteto Machín	Vocal and instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75264	10-in.	2/20/1933	Lucero de mis noches	Cuarteto Machín	Vocal and instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75265	10-in.	2/20/1933	La sitiera	Cuarteto Machín	Vocal and instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75266	10-in.	2/20/1933	Botaste la bola, negra	Cuarteto Machín	Vocal and instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75267	10-in.	2/20/1933	Así como suena mi son	Cuarteto Machín	Vocal and instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75290	10-in.	2/24/1933	Rita	Grupo Flores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75291	10-in.	2/24/1933	Qué me importa	Grupo Flores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75294	10-in.	2/24/1933	Rosa	Grupo Flores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75295	10-in.	2/24/1933	Dávila vacilando	Grupo Flores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75296	10-in.	2/24/1933	Conchita	Grupo Flores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75297	10-in.	2/24/1933	Mama, yo quiero una novia	Grupo Flores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-75704	10-in.	3/27/1933	Mesalina	Estrellas Habaneras	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-76315	10-in.	5/22/1933	Masabí	Cuarteto Machín	Vocal and instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-78656	10-in.	11/20/1933	Son retozón	Orquesta Antonio Machín	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-78657	10-in.	11/20/1933	Aquí cualquier se atraca	Orquesta Antonio Machín	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-78658	10-in.	11/20/1933	Un paraíso es mi Cuba	Orquesta Antonio Machín ;	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-78659	10-in.	11/20/1933	La batea se rompió	Orquesta Antonio Machín	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-78660	10-in.	11/20/1933	El cantío de mi gallo	Orquesta Antonio Machín	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-78661	10-in.	11/20/1933	El montuno o pantaleón	Orquesta Antonio Machín	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, trumpet
Victor	BS-81903	10-in.	3/8/1934	General Sandino	Canario y su Grupo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-81904	10-in.	3/8/1934	El zorzal	Canario y su Grupo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	arranger
Victor	BS-81906	10-in.	3/8/1934	El grito de Lares	Canario y su Grupo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	BS-88736	10-in.	2/21/1935	Gitana	Grupo Tizol	Instrumental ensemble, with female-male vocal duet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-89896	10-in.	6/14/1935	Moreno	Johnny Rodríguez Grupo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	BS-89899	10-in.	6/14/1935	Guaybana	Johnny Rodríguez Grupo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-92304	10-in.	6/14/1935	Pecadora	Johnny Rodríguez Grupo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-92305	10-in.	6/14/1935	Es mi patria prisionera	Johnny Rodríguez Grupo	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-073475	10-in.	3/24/1942	No llores más	Orquesta Daniel Santos	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	MBS-092524	10-in.	before 1/23/1951	Por seguir tus pasos	María Victoria ; Orquesta Rafael de Paz	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	D9XB-1537	10-in.	8/30/1949	Risa loca	Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-1[i]	10-in.	before 7/19/1949	Mariposa nocturna	Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-2[g]	10-in.	before 7/19/1949	Anoche soñé contigo	Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-3[e]	10-in.	before 8/30/1949	Infierno y cielo	Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-48	10-in.	before 11/15/1949	El chismecito	Angelito ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Titín	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	leader
Victor	PR-49	10-in.	before 11/15/1949	Agúzate, pelotero	Angelito ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Titín	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	leader, composer
Victor	PR-50	10-in.	before 11/15/1949	Cuando no estoy contigo	Angelito ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Titín	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-51	10-in.	before 12/6/1949	Pretenciosa	Angelito ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Titín	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-267	10-in.	before 5/22/1942	Sapo, sapo, japonés	Félix Castrillón ; Orquesta Rafael Muñoz	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PR-291	10-in.	before 6/12/1942	Los millones de Sofía	Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Claudio Ferrer	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer
Victor	VE-300	10-in.	before 5/17/1949	Boda gris	Alcibiades Sánchez	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	PR-302-B	10-in.	before 1/12/1945	Eterno idilio	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Perín Vázquez	Instrumental quarter, with male vocal duo	director, composer
Victor	PR-303-B	10-in.	before 1/12/1945	Cabellera blanca	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Instrumental quarter, with male vocal solo	director, composer
Victor	PR-304-B	10-in.	before 1/12/1945	Tempestades del alma	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Perín Vázquez	Instrumental quarter, with male vocal duo	director, composer
Victor	PR-305-B	10-in.	before 1/12/1945	Desconsuelo	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Perín Vázquez	Instrumental quarter, with male vocal duo	composer, director
Victor	PR-316-A	10-in.	before 7/2/1945	Zumba, nene...leña no más	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-317-A	10-in.	before 7/2/1945	No me pegues más	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-318-A	10-in.	before 7/2/1945	Te he visto llorar	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director
Victor	PR-319-B	10-in.	before 7/2/1945	Santuario sagrado	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-320-B	10-in.	before 7/2/1945	Un historia de amor	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-321-B	10-in.	before 7/2/1945	Tus besos (me hicieron tanto daño)	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-336-B	10-in.	before 1/31/1946	Carimbó	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-337-B	10-in.	before 1/31/1946	Luz de mi vida	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-338-B	10-in.	before 1/31/1946	Por seguiro tus huellas	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-339-B	10-in.	before 1/31/1946	No encontré lo que buscaba	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-340	10-in.	before 1/31/1946	Inexplicable	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-341	10-in.	before 1/31/1946	Comedia	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-346-B	10-in.	before 5/9/1946	Amor mentido	Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal solo and vocal group	director, composer
Victor	PR-358-B	10-in.	before 8/13/1946	La ópera	Plácido Acevedo ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-359-B	10-in.	before 8/13/1946	Ana Goya	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-360-B	10-in.	before 8/13/1946	Canción dolorosa	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-361-B	10-in.	before 8/13/1946	Hiereme sin compasión	Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Tito Henríquez	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-376-B	10-in.	before 12/27/1946	Bésame más	Corozo ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-377-B	10-in.	before 12/27/1946	El flamboyán	Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-378-B	10-in.	before 12/27/1946	Fantasía	Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-392-B	10-in.	before 5/28/1947	Tu engaño	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-393-B	10-in.	before 5/28/1947	Panorama	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-394	10-in.	before 6/3/1947	Dulce veneno	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental cuartet, with male vocal duet	director, composer
Victor	PR-395	10-in.	before 6/3/1947	Tu castigo será grande	Plácido Acevedo ; Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental quartet, with male vocal duet	composer, director
Victor	PR-408	10-in.	before 9/4/1947	Adiós, ingrata	Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	PR-409	10-in.	before 9/4/1947	Ay, no! ay, no!	Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	PR-410	10-in.	before 9/4/1947	La vida es así	Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	PR-411	10-in.	before 9/4/1947	Pa' la rumba voy	Chiquitín ; Cuarteto Mayarí ; Chago Montes	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	songwriter
Victor	PR-428-B	10-in.	before 12/22/1947	Blanca estrella	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Male vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-429-B	10-in.	before 12/22/1947	Por mi no temas	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Male vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-430-B	10-in.	before 12/10/1947	Cual mágica visión	Cuarteto Mayarí	Male vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-431-B	10-in.	before 12/22/1947	Reflejos de luna	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Male vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-436	10-in.	before 1/15/1948	Tu carta	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-437	10-in.	before 1/15/1948	Entre los golfos	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-438	10-in.	before 1/15/1948	Pobre bardo	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-439	10-in.	before 1/15/1948	Yo no te guardo rencores	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, director
Victor	PR-442	10-in.	before 1/13/1948	Añoranzas y quimeras	Trío Vegabajeño	Male vocal trio	composer
Victor	PR-456	10-in.	before 11/11/1948	Ella, la inolvidable	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-457	10-in.	before 11/11/1948	Decídete por fin	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-458	10-in.	before 11/3/1948	Tu amor es así	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	leader
Victor	PR-459	10-in.	before 11/3/1948	Lucero de mis noches	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-464	10-in.	before 2/26/1949	Cuando tú eras niña	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-465	10-in.	before 2/22/1949	Milagros del cielo	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-466	10-in.	before 2/26/1949	Ritmo y contento	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Victor	PR-467	10-in.	before 2/26/1949	Catalina ven	Plácido Acevedo ; Cuarteto Mayarí	Vocal and instrumental quartet	composer, leader
Columbia	CO19515	10-in.	7/3/1936	Chiviriquitón : Son	Orquesta Johnny Rodríguez	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	composer
Columbia	CO24103	10-in.	2/10/1939	Mensaje lírico : Bolero	Canario y su Orquesta "Puerto Rico"	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	CO24105	10-in.	2/10/1939	Caribe : Plegaria bolero	Canario y su Orquesta "Puerto Rico"	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	E31044	10-in.	10/18/1929	El ahorcado	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	leader, composer
Brunswick	E31045	10-in.	10/18/1929	Plena prohibida	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	composer, leader
Brunswick	E31046	10-in.	10/18/1929	No le llores, Miguel	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	leader, composer
Brunswick	E31047	10-in.	10/18/1929	Las Navidades	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	leader, composer
Brunswick	E31599	10-in.	12/14/1929	Arriba borinqueñas	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	leader, composer
Brunswick	E31600	10-in.	12/14/1929	Si nos morimos	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	leader
Brunswick	E31601	10-in.	12/14/1929	Con los sureños	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	leader
Brunswick	E31602	10-in.	12/14/1929	No llores corazón	Plácido Acevedo ; Plenaros Sureños	Instrumental ensemble	leader
Brunswick	B14257	10-in.	11/3/1933	Blanca estrella : Danza moderna	Cuarteto Flores	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	B14451	10-in.	12/14/1933	Campanas de mi aldea : Bolero	Canario y su Grupo	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Acevedo, Plácido," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110941.

Acevedo, Plácido. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110941.

"Acevedo, Plácido." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

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