Enric Madriguera
Enric R. Madriguera (Barcelona, 17 February 1904 – 7 September 1973) was a violinist of Catalan origin who was playing concerts as a child before he studied at the Barcelona Conservatory. (The Castilian form of his name is Enrique, which he sometimes used on records.) Whilst still in his twenties he was lead violinist at Boston's and Symphony orchestras before becoming the conductor of the Cuban Philharmonic. In the late 1920s Madriguera played in Ben Selvin's studio orchestra at Columbia Records in New York, and served briefly as that company's director of Latin music recording. In 1932 he began his own orchestra at the Biltmore Hotel, which recorded for Columbia until 1934. His music at this period was mostly Anglo-American dance or foxtrot, frequently jazz-inflected, although he had a modest hit with his rhumba rendition of Carioca (1934). By the 1930s he was recording Latin American music almost exclusively. (His composition Adios became a national hit in 1931.) On his radio appearances, the band was billed as "Enric Madriguera and His Music of the Americas," and Adios was its theme song. It was said that the ambassadors from all the South American countries declared Madriguera to be the "Ambassador of Music to all the Americas". Madriguera appeared in a number of "musical shorts" including "Enric Madriguera and his Orchestra" (1946) where he performed a number of songs including the orchestra for his vocalist-wife Patricia Gilmore. A review of one of his appearances recorded how he "reflected the warmth of our neighbors to the south". He died in retirement in Danbury, Connecticut. His sister was pianist Paquita Madriguera, the second wife of Andres Segovia. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born February 17, 1904 (Barcelona), Died September 7, 1973 (Danbury)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, director, violin, composer, arranger, songwriter, vocalist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 274 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BSHQ-71974 | 10-in. | 3/17/1932 | Adiós | Havana Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-73323 | 10-in. | 8/25/1932 | Forbidden love | Wayne King Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-84763 | 10-in. | 10/25/1934 | You and the night and the music | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-84764 | 10-in. | 10/25/1934 | Maria | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-84765 | 10-in. | 10/25/1934 | When you love only one | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Adelaide Moffett | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-84766 | 10-in. | 10/25/1934 | If there's someone lovelier than you | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-86262 | 10-in. | 11/26/1934 | Blow, Gabriel, blow | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-86263 | 10-in. | 11/26/1934 | The phantom of the rhumba | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director, composer | |
Victor | BS-86264 | 10-in. | 11/26/1934 | A little angel told me so | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-86265 | 10-in. | 11/26/1934 | Where there's smoke—there's fire | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-86266 | 10-in. | 11/26/1934 | Bal Tabarin | Hotel Weylin Orchestra ; Enric Madriguera | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-89341 | 10-in. | 3/18/1935 | Le chaland qui passe | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Victor | BS-89342 | 10-in. | 3/18/1935 | She's a Latin from Manhattan | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-89343 | 10-in. | 3/18/1935 | The little things you used to do | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-89344 | 10-in. | 3/18/1935 | Amorita | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, director | |
Victor | BS-91057 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | Love song of Tahiti | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio | director | |
Victor | BS-91058 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | Star gazing | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-91059 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | Ev'ry single little tingle of my heart | Helen Dell ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-91060 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | The gaucho | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Victor | BS-91061 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | Chasing shadows | Bob Bunch ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-91062 | 10-in. | 5/22/1935 | When a Gypsy makes his violin cry | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, director | |
Victor | BS-92769 | 10-in. | 7/26/1935 | I wish I were Aladdin | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-92770 | 10-in. | 7/26/1935 | Takes two to make a bargain | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-92771 | 10-in. | 7/26/1935 | A little door, a little lock, a little key | Bob Bunch ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-92772 | 10-in. | 7/26/1935 | So nice seeing you again | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | director, instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Madriguera, Enric," accessed June 2, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106371.
Madriguera, Enric. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 2, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106371.
"Madriguera, Enric." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 2 June 2023.
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LCNAR: Madriguera, Enric - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91085763
Wikidata: Enric Madriguera - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q447599
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/100256973
MusicBrainz: Enric Madriguera - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4eaaa457-b736-4315-8e3d-34cb674bb900
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