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 26-50 of 273 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-92773 | 10-in. | 7/26/1935 | A sunbonnet blue (And a yellow straw hat) | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-92774 | 10-in. | 7/26/1935 | Nothing lives longer than love | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-95325 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | I'd love to take orders from you | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-95326 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | Tender is the night | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-95327 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | I'd rather listen to your eyes | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-95328 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | When the leaves bid the trees goodbye | Bob Bunch ; Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
Victor | BS-95329 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | It never dawned on me | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
Victor | BS-95330 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | I found a dream | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
Victor | BS-95331 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | Midnight in Paris | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
Victor | BS-95332 | 10-in. | 10/3/1935 | Here's to romance | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tony Sacco | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
Victor | BS-055955 | 10-in. | 9/6/1940 | Adios | Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-058707 | 10-in. | 12/27/1940 | Adios | Tony Pastor Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-059213 | 10-in. | 2/8/1941 | Amor de guajiro | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Sarita Herrera ; Tito Rodríguez | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | leader | |
Victor | BS-059214 | 10-in. | 2/8/1941 | Cuba | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Sarita Herrera | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
Victor | BS-059215 | 10-in. | 2/8/1941 | Danza lucumi | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Victor | BS-059216 | 10-in. | 2/8/1941 | On the isle of you | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer, instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-059217 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | A media luz | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger, leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-059218 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | Intermezzo | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger, leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-059219 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | Un momento | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-059220 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | Bim bam bum | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tito Rodríguez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
Victor | BS-059221 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | Un, dos, tres, un dos | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tito Rodríguez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Victor | BS-059222 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | At the Mardi Gras | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, composer, leader | |
Victor | BS-059223 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | Give me time | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-059224 | 10-in. | 2/10/1941 | I've got to get hot | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-062784 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Acercate mas | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tito Rodríguez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Madriguera, Enric," accessed March 29, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106371.
Madriguera, Enric. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106371.
"Madriguera, Enric." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 29 March 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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