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 26-50 of 88 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 82047 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Contestación a Tímidez : Canción | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82048 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Mi viaje a Pogolotti : Rumba | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82049 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Óyelo bien, Rubén : Rumba | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82050 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Mujer perjura : Bolero | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82070 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Clara Luz : Bolero | Floro y Cruz | Vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82071 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Los tres patriotas : Clave | Floro y Cruz | Vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82074 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Fao Wenceslao : Rumba | Floro y Cruz | Vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82075 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Cristantemo : Vals | Floro y Cruz | Vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82076 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | A Rosa | Floro y Cruz | Vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82144 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Linda mulata : Guaracha | Viañez & Corona | Vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | 82145 | 10-in. | 1918 | Qué malas son las mujeres : Rumba | Viañez & Corona | Vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | 82147 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Nicomedes Corcobea : Canción | Viañez & Corona | Vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | 82148 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Corona y Rubén en las trincheras : Rumba | Viañez & Corona | Vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | 82149 | 10-in. | either 1917 or 1918 | Negrita angelical : Canción | Viañez & Corona | Vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | 82624 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Longina : Melodea | Manuel Corona ; María Teresa Vera | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
Columbia | 82625 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Mis lágrimas | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82640 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Edelmira : Bolero | Manuel Corona ; María Teresa Vera | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
Columbia | 82641 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Alejandrina : Bolero | Manuel Corona ; María Teresa Vera | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
Columbia | 82642 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Eva moderna : Bolero | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82643 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Rayos de plata : Bolero | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82644 | 10-in. | 1919 or 1920 | Morita Bayamesa | María Teresa y Zequeira | Vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82647 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Santa Cecilia : Melodía | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82648 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Te acuerdas | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer | |
Columbia | 82659 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Cuanto reniego | Manuel Corona ; María Teresa Vera | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
Columbia | 82661 | 10-in. | either 1919 or 1920 | Yo moriré : Bolero | María Teresa y Zequeira | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Corona, Manuel," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116684.
Corona, Manuel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/116684.
"Corona, Manuel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 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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