Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel was born in
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, February 10, 1911, started as a musician at the Caracas Musical Declamation Academy (today "
José Ángel LamasJosé Ángel Lamas was a Venezuelan classical musician and composer born in Caracas. He was the main representative of the classical period in Venezuela....
"), in that school obtain the composition degree, was one of the first students of
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, also one of the founders of the
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and the
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in 1930, made his
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studies in that orchestra. From 1941 to 1950 was professor of different schools from the
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, in 1945 worked with the Education ministry in different charges, in 1947 married
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. Along with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra he traveled to
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, and also was member of the National Geographic reading club, in his live traveled around the world for general culture and the learning of languages, Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel died in Caracas, December 10, 1986.
- In 1945 was music professor at the Music School of the Caracas culture direction.
- From 1945 to 1946 was professor of music, at the 19 de abril, Rubén González, Ricardo Zuloaga and Gabriel Mistral schools.
- Helped Vicente Emilio Sojo
Vicente Emilio Sojo was a Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer, born in Guatire, Miranda.- Biography :...
in the recopilation of Venezuelan popular songs.
- From 1944 to 1978 was Professor of Theory, Solmization and Music History at the José Ángel Lamas Superior Music School.
Compositions
- Lo Eterno
- La Maravilla
- And many Venezuelan folk songs and school anthems
See also
- Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
- Venezuelan music
- Orfeón Lamas
A fundamental institution for the modernity of choral music in Venezuela, was the Orfeón Lamas, being pioneering at this genre and in the compilation of Venezuelan popular songs, before it, any choral group in Venezuela exist....
- Venezuela Symphony Orchestra
The Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela was founded by a group of 26 professional musicians met at the invitation of the maestro Vicente Emilio Sojo following the dissolution on January, 1929 of the Union Filarmónica Nacional.This meeting took place January 15, 1930 in the Caracas Musical Declamation...