Manuel Corona
Manuel Corona Raimundo (17 June 1880, in Caibarién – 9 January 1950 in Marianao, Havana) was a Cuban trova musician, and a long-term professional rival of Sindo Garay. He came to Havana when the Cuban War of Independence broke out, and worked as a bootblack and a cigar-roller. His supervisor at the cigar factory taught him the guitar, and in 1905 he set up in a café in the red-light district of San Isidro. The district was controlled by the chulo (pimp) Alberto Yarini (1882–1910), who became famous for introducing French prostitutes (putas francesas) willing to perform more salacious acts than even the Cubans were used to. The francesas cut heavily into the profits of the Cuban putas, and the result was a gang war in which Yarini was killed. Corona was present through all this, playing and singing to the punters, whores and pimps. He and one of the girls developed a love affair, and soon enough her pimp was on his trail. In a line that might have come from "Frankie and Johnny", Corona said later "She was a whore, and she had her man, but I liked her." The pimp came after him with a knife, and a cut to his hand prevented him playing the guitar again. From then on he lived from his compositions. He wrote hundreds of compositions, some of them amongst the finest examples of Cuban sentiment, such as Mercedes, Longina, Santa Cecilia and Aurora. Guarachas such as El servicio obligatorio (National Service) and Acelera, Ñico, acelera were topical comments. La habanera was a deliberate reply to Garay's La bayamesa. Corona died in poverty. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 88 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-13271 | 10-in. | 5/12/1913 | El río | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Victor | B-13286 | 10-in. | 5/13/1913 | Solo suspiro | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Victor | B-13288 | 10-in. | 5/13/1913 | Te ví primero | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Victor | B-16236 | 10-in. | 7/26/1915 | Herminia | Floro Zorrilla | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
Victor | BVE-59510 | 10-in. | 3/6/1930 | Nubes de ensueno | Dueto Bobadilla Brito | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | G-1598 | 10-in. | 10/23/1916 | Caruso del solar | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1599 | 10-in. | 10/23/1916 | Rafael y su mujer | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1600 | 10-in. | 10/23/1916 | Josefa | Floro Zorrilla | Male vocal solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1601 | 10-in. | 10/23/1916 | ¡Qué bigotes tiene Gil! | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1624 | 10-in. | 10/24/1916 | El biplano | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1625 | 10-in. | 10/24/1916 | La matancera | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1626 | 10-in. | 10/24/1916 | Los ángeles | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1627 | 10-in. | 10/24/1916 | Las mulatas de Bombay | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-1628 | 10-in. | 10/24/1916 | Fuga de amor | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-2604 | 10-in. | 2/8/1918 | Amalia Batista | Sexteto Habanero Godínez | Vocal and instrumental sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-2605 | 10-in. | 2/8/1918 | Carmelina mira, tuyo soy corazón | Sexteto Habanero Godínez | Vocal and instrumental sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-2606 | 10-in. | 2/8/1918 | Mi nena | Sexteto Habanero Godínez | Vocal and instrumental sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-2607 | 10-in. | 2/8/1918 | Mujer bandolera | Sexteto Habanero Godínez | Vocal and instrumental sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-2608 | 10-in. | 2/8/1918 | Voy a patinar con mi novia | Sexteto Habanero Godínez | Vocal and instrumental sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-2609 | 10-in. | 2/8/1918 | Rosa, qué linda eres | Sexteto Habanero Godínez | Vocal and instrumental sextet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | G-2705 | 10-in. | 2/23/1918 | Mulata sandunguera | Floro y Cruz | Male vocal duet, with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | 37812 | 10-in. | between 1906 and 1913 | A mi yaya | Floro y Higinio | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 48012 | 10-in. | between 1913 and 1917 | Mercedes : Criolla | Villamil y Vilches | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 48014 | 10-in. | between 1913 and 1917 | Se rompló la máquina : Rumba | Villamil y Vilches | Male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 48327 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | Mi pecho y mi alma : Bolero | Pepe Luis ; Miguel Zaballa | Vocal duet with guitar | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Corona, Manuel," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116684.
Corona, Manuel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116684.
"Corona, Manuel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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Wikipedia: Manuel Corona
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LCNAR: Corona, Manuel, 1880-1950 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96020639
Wikidata: Manuel Corona - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3286792
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/51588463
MusicBrainz: Manuel Corona - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/21f8af3c-9ba6-4786-9b89-18d9c1ea6628
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