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Sexteto Flores
12+ albums
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Pedro Flores (Pedro Juan Flores Córdova, Naguabo, Puerto Rico, March 9, 1894 – San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 14, 1979) was one of Puerto Rico's best known composers of ballads and boleros. Flores was one of 12 children born into a poor family, Flores' father died when he was only nine years old and therefore, he was forced to work at a young age. When he was 16 years old, he took a special course in the University of Puerto Rico (Universidad de Puerto Rico) and received his teachers certificate. Flores taught for five years and worked for one year at a sugar mill in the island of Vieques. In 1918, he served in a clerical position in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged from the Army when he was 24 years old. Flores went to New York without any formal musical education and joined another Puerto Rican composer, Rafael Hernández in his "Trio Borinquen". Even though Flores and Hernandez became very good friends, they also became competitors as composers. When Flores wrote "Sin Banderas", Hernandez rushed and wrote "Preciosa". In 1930, Flores formed his own trio which he named "Trio Galon", and whose music and songs had a faster beat then the "Trio Borinquen". Flores had problems with the music publishing company and he abandoned the trio. He moved to Mexico and then lived in Cuba for a short period of time. Flores eventually returned to New York where he reorganized his "old" trio. Some of the singers of this new trio were Myrta Silva, Daniel Santos and Pedro Ortiz Davila
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The Music of Puerto Rico
The Music of Puerto Rico 1929-1947
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Lamento Borincano
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The Music of Puerto Rico / Recordings 1929 - 1947
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Puerto Rican Pop Music (1935 - 1940), Vol. 1
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Lamento Borincano: Early Puerto Rican Music 1916-1939
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Music of Puerto Rico 1929-1947
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Lamento Borincano: Early Puerto Rican Music 1916-1939 [disc 2]
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Legendary music from Puerto Rico
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Music Of Puerto Rico : 1929-47
Lamento Borincano (Early Puerto Rican Music 1916-1939)
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Lamento Borincano (Puerto Rican Lament): Early Puerto Rican Music 1916-1939 V2