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 51-75 of 273 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-062785 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Negra soy | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-062786 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Se fue la cumparsa | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tito Rodríguez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-062787 | 10-in. | 3/28/1941 | Moon in the sea | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter, director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-064474 | 10-in. | 6/25/1941 | Adios | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-066957 | 10-in. | 7/17/1941 | Carioca | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Victor | BS-066958 | 10-in. | 7/17/1941 | Ay-ay-ay | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | director | |
Victor | BS-066959 | 10-in. | 7/17/1941 | Heat wave | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-066960 | 10-in. | 7/17/1941 | Song of India | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
Victor | BS-067917 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | A week-end in Havana | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-067918 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | Concerto in B flat : Bolero | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger, instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-067919 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | The nango | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-067920 | 10-in. | 9/19/1941 | The Cuban yodeler | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director, composer | |
Victor | BS-071407 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | A million times a day | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-071408 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Voodoo moon | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Tito Rodríguez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-071409 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Russo conga | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | director, arranger, instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-071410 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Brazil | Enric Madriguera Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-071411 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | No! No! No! | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, director | |
Victor | BS-071412 | 10-in. | 9/26/1941 | Garden walls | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin, composer, director | |
Victor | BS-073730 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | Full moon | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-073731 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | If you are but a dream | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director | |
Victor | BS-073732 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | Tumbando cana | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Manuel Fernandez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | director | |
Victor | BS-073733 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | Do the Dubonnet | Enric Madriguera Orchestra ; Patricia Gilmore | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director | |
Columbia | W151447 | 10-in. | 3/20/1931 | Siboney | Enrique Madriguera and his Rumba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Columbia | W151448 | 10-in. | 3/20/1931 | Adiós | Enrique Madriguera and his Rumba Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader, composer | |
Columbia | W152175 | 10-in. | 5/2/1932 | Let's have another cup o' coffee | Enric Madriguera and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Madriguera, Enric," accessed March 21, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106371.
Madriguera, Enric. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106371.
"Madriguera, Enric." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 21 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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