The Accordion In Panama

The Accordion In Panama

The accordion music scene hovered in Panama since before the birth of the Republic to the days of the Second World War. But during that time, marjoram and violins maintained their dominance in the interpretation of typical Panamanian music.

Until shortly before 1950 in our country, the popular folk music with violins and ran marjoram (or mejoranera), a folk instrument related to the guitar strings. But this time, an innovative musician from Macaracas changed this pattern. That musician was Rogelio "Gelo" Córdoba, performer and composer who introduced the accordion in the performance of traditional pieces to become the leading instrument in traditional music.

The sociologist argues that Chaffinch Milciades the late 1940's and early de1950, accordion jumps into the ring in the arms of Roger "Gelo" Córdoba, with the selection "La Loma Azul". Gelo Cordoba, who played first the violin, was born at the bus stop, village near the Mogollon Macaracas, province of Los Santos, on March 15, 1916, and died in Panama City, on February 15, 1959. It marks a milestone in our music composition "The Mogollon" created by Sacramento cumbia Córdoba closed more than half a century and popularized by his nephew "Gelo" Córdoba.

Among the early days of the accordion and among the pioneers of accordion popular folk music (some were not accordionists), we must also mention Ceberito Batista, Claudio Castillo, Victorino "Nano" Córdoba, Córdoba Artemio, Maximum Escudero, Francisco " Purio Chico "Ramirez and the famous José Vergara.

By the late 60's and during the 70's there was already a strong generation of great performers of the accordion, among which may be mentioned by Alberto Solis, Ruben Dario Solis, Adoni Sandoval, Pitino Tello, Roberto "Papi" Brandao, Uruguay Nelson Domingo Diaz, Roberto "Fito" Espino, Herminio Guerra, Ruben Dario Martinez, Aristides Burgos, Dagoberto "Yin" Carrizo, Isidro "Chilo" Pitty, Chalino Nieto, Leo Mendieta, Didymus Ureña, Teresa Jaén (Terezin) and Daniel Dorindo Cardenas Gutierrez. Within all this group, today we can still highlight Dorindo Cardenas, the "Black Macano Post" or "The greatest accordionists Panamanians," which for four decades has remained in first place as an exponent of the most traditional and the real thing in the typical music.

At that time and during the following years of glory accordion arise many other great accordionists who have expanded the boundaries of our music, among them we should mention the following: Ceferino Nieto, better known by his audience as "The Titan of The Americas "or" Master Keys "Alfredo Escudero, known as" The Mountaineer "or" Master, Master and Lord de la Cumbia "Victorio Vergara Batista, the most famous, beloved and missed" Tigre de La Candelaria "The Scorpion Paritilla, Osvaldo Ayala, the Mechiblanco San Jose Vergara Ulpian, and Samy Sandoval.

It is unwise to consider the accordion and accordion displaced the violin violinists were the same, looking for more sound, who moved his violin for the accordion. This occurs, for example, with notable performers such as Gelo Cordoba Ceberito Batista, Cardenas Dorindo , Ceferino Nieto and Alfredo Escudero.

Today, the accordion is the instrument par excellence in the execution of the popular folk music of Panama. The ensembles led by accordion music more widely interpreted at the national level festivities and events from all provinces, both in cities and in the villages. Typical sets are most active bands in our country, for all or almost all weekends are presented in traditional festivals, festivals in celebrations, fairs, anniversaries and various institutional or private events.

In the task of expanding the boundaries of our music, you could add today many good names that have shaped accordion ensembles: Colaquito Cortez, Sandoval Dimas, Iturbide Castillo, Lorenzo Castillo, Leo Mendieta, Ormelis Cortez, Pepo Barria, Chichi Barrios , Chichito Vergara, Chelo Mitre, Hector Lescure, Marcelino Guerra, Maximino Moreno, Sergio Cortez, Innocent "Chente" Sanjur, Manuel de Jesus? struggle, Herminio Rojas, Victor Bernal, Nunez Aceves, Eddy Gutierrez, Edwin Zeballos, Osvaldo Jimenez Manuel "Nenito" Vargas, Isaac De Leon, Hector Espino, Vladimir Atencio, Francisco De Gracia, Raul Aparicio, Abdiel Nunez, Jonathan Chavez, Manuel Gomez, Andresito Amaya, Juancín Henríquez, José Olmedo Perez, Alejandro Solis, Aldris Lamparero, Ballesteros Payito and many more.

Among women who have distinguished themselves as interpreters of the accordion can mention the following: Rosenda "Chenda" Córdoba, the first Panamanian accordionist, sister of Gelo Cordoba, Mayda Jaén, Jaén raw Teresina, Judith Esther Gloria Reed, daughter of Yin Carrizo; Lidibeth War, the first set of accordion music typical of women, Jenny Santamaria, winner of Gelo Cordoba in 1995, Dania Maria Vergara, Vergara Ulpiano daughter, Liska Eysi Alonso Rivera, daughter of E. Fray Rivera Nelva Rodriguez, known as The Maid of the Accordion, Yamileth Nunez Nunez Aceves daughter;

The popularity of traditional music has been growing as the number of composers and national teams. In recent years, have added to this field a host of innovative artists who have merged or attempted to merge the different types of music , instruments and dance rhythms. For example, Samy and Sandra Sandoval has caused quite a stir due mainly to the mix of modern beats and its modern choreography.

It should be noted that the fame of the typical music transcends the national boundary: for time not only is heard and interpreted in the international arena, but has also been the subject of imitation, and adaptation inspired by artists other famous groups and countries.

As more national events driving accordion music, held annually, it is noteworthy Contest Rogelio "Gelo" Córdoba, José Vergara Competition and Accordion Meeting. Gelo Cordoba Contest is a competition for accordion made in the Festival in Guararé Marjoram, a festival is the brainchild of historian and folklorist Manuel F. Zarate. The Competition José Vergara is also a competition for accordionists, it was created by the folklorist tonosieño Antonio Diaz.

Gelo Cordoba Contest have gone accordion masters, among them: Euribiades Vasquez, Victorino "Nano" Córdoba, Celso Morales, Uruguay Nelson, Ceferino Nieto, Giovanni Gutierrez, Alfredo Escudero, Dolores Solis, Brother E. Rivera, Arturo Rivera, Roberto "Papi" Brandao, Diogenes Vega, Luis Cordoba, Carlos Cleghorn, Nunez Aceves, Osvaldo Ayala, Giovanni Guerra, Cortez Ormelis, Dagoberto Espino, Victor Bernal, Maximino Moreno, Gustavo Chanchoré, Ramiro Domínguez, Ramiro Samaniego, Euclides Castillo, Felix Ortega, Jorge Roldán, Didymus Ureña, Marcelino Guerra, Eric Cedeno. Accordionists from the likes of Alfredo Escudero, and Osvaldo Ayala Ceferino Nieto, among others, have gone on to win national and international recognition after winning first place in this competition that seeks to rescue the folk art of interpretation of Panamanian music. Also talented accordionists have left Jose Vergara Contest: Alberto Cigarruista, Eugenio Herrera, Javier Polanco, Tony Vargas, Rolando Rubatino, Climaco Quijada, Ramon Saldana, Nicol Espinosa.

Also, in terms of events, this year 2007 has excited much public Panamanian Cuna Accordion contest, as this event with all the strength of the current publicity has helped to form and has released many young accordionists as has been more widespread in different aspects of our traditional music of our composers and our great accordionists already established. Cradle of Accordions The event led to the formation of two or more sets of accordion have joined the task of interpretation typical music popular events. Those who have begun a more solid, so far, are the sets of the young winners of the first and second in that event: Abdiel Francisco Camarena and Darius Pitti, respectively.

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Our popular accordion folk music includes a variety of types or genres of music pieces. The genus most widespread, popular and sticky of all is the cumbia, which in our current music has many variations. Also be interpreted, for example, the joint, the drummer, the ride, pasebol the atravesa'o or cumbia crossed, the corrido, danzón, danzon, cumbia, bolero, cumbia, cumbia loose, and so on. Many of these names come from the folk and traditional music but popular dance or folk pindin has strong winds, we must differentiate folk music as such: the latter, as clarified Dora Perez de Zárate, is an anonymous author, occurs spontaneously in the middle and is interpreted or presented by folk ensembles called projection or folk groups.



Panamanian Accordion LIST SETS T? PEAKS

In our country, as we said, is due to Roger (Gelo) Córdoba, composer and performer of Macaracas de Los Santos, the introduction of the accordion as the main instrument to implement the traditional pieces of popular folk music, performed up to that time (early the decade of 1950) with violins and marjoram or mejoranera. Thereafter, accordionists have been many Panamanians.

Among the typical Panamanian music accordionists who have led groups or ensembles with this popular instrument, we have the following:

Gelo Cordoba - The Black Feather

Batista Ceberito

Claudio Castillo - Oria River Joint

Nano Victorino Córdoba - Set Guararé (1952), Blue Canajagua

Jose Vergara - Feeling Farmer

Dorindo Daniel Cardenas - Set Santeña Pride

Victorio Vergara Batista - Black Pen Set

Alfredo Escudero - Set The Mountaineers

Ulpiano Vergara - Set Rhythms of Panama, set the Distinguished

Osvaldo Ayala - Set Pace Santeña

Dagoberto Yin Carrizo - Live Set Panama

Terezin Jaén - Soul Joint interioranos

Fito Roberto Espino - Set Aires Isthmus

Rogelio Cruz and Tito - Aires de Azuero

Ceferino Nieto - Set Bella Luna, Bella Luna New Joint

Manuel Vargas Nenito - The Black Feather Machinery

Samy and Sandra Sandoval - Patterns of Cumbia

Chalino Nieto - Conjunto Primavera

Chilo Pittí - Conjunto Campesino Feeling

Amadis Bernal - Set Santeña Inspiration

Chichi Barrios - Set mountain breeze

Chichito Vergara - Set Porvenir Santeña

Colaquito Cortez (Cortez Moses Omilos) - Joint Azuero Aires

Chichin Gonzalez - Set New Panama

Didymus Ureña - Set Guarareño Feeling

Sandoval Dimas - Set Urraca Pride

Eric Cedeno - Set Song to Panama

Fray A. Rivera - Set Estivaná River

Lescure Hector - Los Conquistadores

Iturbide Castle - Set Mi Ranchito

Lencho Santana - Body Sensation

Leo Mendieta - Set Musipana

Lidibeth War - Women of Panama

Lucho Torres - Set Manitos Ocueños

Nato Monga - Set Royal Yin

Obnianis? Scale - Set Stars Panamanian

Ormelis Cortez - Set Live Guararé

Sindo Lopez - The Godfather's Popular Sindo Lopez

Barria Pepo - Set The Professionals

Rodrigo Alfonso Martinez - Set Santeña remember

Manuel de Jesus? Brego - Feeling Young, consents

Innocent "Chente" Sanjur - Soul of Panama

Minguito Sáez - The Red Machine

Vladimir Atencio - Spring Love

Luis Carlos Osorio - So is my Panama

Cristian Nieto - Set Pace and Feelings

Isaac De Leon - The Indomitable

Raul Aparicio - The Rising Sun

Ivan Anri - Pride of Home

Alejandro Solis - Feeling Santeña

Juancín Henríquez - Set Santeña Melodies

Victor Ballesteros (Tonosí rods)

Payito Ballesteros - Roots interioranos

Aldris Lamparero - Musical Melody

Eivan Navarro - Musical Diamonds

Darius Pitti. - Pride Guarareño

Cleghorn Carlos Espino - The Hunters

Marcelino Guerra - Select Group (with Lucho Silks)

Juan Diego Silks - "Lucho Silks, Jay-D and The Selected"

Roberto (Papi) Brandao - The Executives

Herminio Rojas - Sensational Rhythm

Sabasaín Bacorizo ​​- Spring Illusions

Eivard Navarro - The Mighty

Ricardo Vergara - Cumbia Stars

Francisco De Gracia - The Cumbiamberos

Chelo Mitre - Rhythm Canajagua

Manuelito Gomez - Musical Impact

Nato Caliph - Golden Stars (set of cumbia chorrerana in particular)

Maximino Moreno (Moreno Chimino) - Rhythm Tonosieño

Eddy Gutierrez

Amaya Heraclides

Edwin Zeballos

Victor Bernal

Nicolas Nunez Aceves

Nina Campines

Demosthenes Juan Cedeño

Lorenzo Castillo

Osvaldo Jimenez

Uruguay Nelson

Dagoberto Espino

Oscar Carrasco

Manuel Gonzalez

Hector Espino

Ballesteros Maximino

Sergio Cortez Marin

Quintero ninino

Escudero Raul

Abdiel Nunez

Fernandez Novencino

Batista Villo

The Parranderos of Guarare

Richard Cespedes

Raul Moran

Quintero Ofili

Luis Villarreal

Erasmus Bultron

Jose de Los Reyes

Jonathan Chavez

Amaya Andresito

Saturnino Vergara

Perez Jose Olmedo

Ruben Dario Martinez

Ruben Dario Solis

Alberto Solis

Ramiro Samaniego

Chichi Céspedes

Camilo Gonzalez

Carlos Ruiz

Juan Antonio Jaén

Jorge Quiel

Abdiel Francisco Camarena

Barrios Nazario



Sources:

Transition to Accordion Violin, Jose Antonio Vargas, 447 Lottery Magazine, March-April 2003.

About Our Music House, Dora Perez de Zárate, Editorial Universitaria, Panama 1996.

The Accordion Spirit, Alcibiades Cortez, La Prensa, Saturday September 23, 2006.

Learn more about the Accordion, Ariosto Velásquez, Review, Saturday August 4, 2007.

The country where the accordion is king, Ariosto Velasquez reviews online.



Rene De Leon G.

Panama, October-November 2007.