Wilson choperena biography

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  • Wilson Choperena was a Colombian composer and singer.
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    Lapolleracolor Juan Madera y efternamn Choperena

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    Copió y arregló.: Jaime Fuentes
    Comp: Choperena y Madera


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  • wilson choperena biography

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    La pollera colorá

    «La pollera colorá» es una cumbia considerada una de las canciones más emblemáticas de Colombia. Fue compuesta en versión instrumental por el clarinetistaJuan Madera Castro: El cantante y compositor Wilson Choperena, actuando como letrista, a los pocos meses le agregó letra.[1]&#;

    Historia

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    La pollera colorá fue compuesta originalmente en versión instrumental en por Juan Bautista Madera Castro, clarinetistasinceano de la orquesta del músico Pedro Salcedo, cuyo cantante era Wilson Choperena, de Plato, Magdalena, y que tenía como base el bar Hawái de Barrancabermeja, Santander.

    La melodía, inspirada en Mirna Pineda, alias " La morena maravillosa", y convertida en gran éxito en el puerto petrolero, se interpretó sin letra durante varios meses, al cabo de los cuales Choperena le puso letra con el permiso de Madera.

    A mediados de se hizo una grabación rudimentaria de La pollera colorá (Se escribe así porque el apóstofe reemplaza a la letra D)

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    Wilson Choperena

    Colombian composer and singer

    Wilson Choperena

    Born25 December
    El Plato, Colombia
    Died1 December () (aged&#;87)

    Musical artist

    Wilson Choperena (25 December –1 December ) was a Colombian composer and singer. He is particularly remembered for composing the lyrics to "La Pollera Colorá" and the song "Lamento Costeño".[1]

    History

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    Choperena was born on 25 December in El Plato, Magdalena.[2] As a child he learnt popular songs from his grandmother.[3] Choperena's first original composition was a song called "¿Por qué estás así?", which he recorded accompanied by Los Trovadores De Barú.[3]

    Choperena moved to Barrancabermeja around , and there joined the orchestra of Pedro Salcedo.[3] In Choperena suggested to Clarinetist Juan Madera Castro that they put words to Madera's instrumental composition "La Pollera Colorá", which the band had been playing for several months.[4] In Cho