Raúl Borges

Raúl Borges Requena (4 February 1882 – 24 November 1967) was a Venezuelan pedagogue, guitarist and composer.

Borges is mainly known today for having taught Alirio Díaz, Antonio Lauro, Rodrigo Riéra, and other Venezuelan guitarists. Many of his compositions for guitar were published in Madrid with Union Musical Española, including:

  • Canción antigua
  • Canción de cuna in D (also in G)
  • El Criollito
  • Fuente morisca
  • Marisol
  • Vals Venezolano
  • Vals sobre motivos franceses

Birth and Death Data: Born February 4, 1882 (Caracas), Died November 24, 1967 (Caracas)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor XVE-58753 10-in. 3/19/1930 Flores de montaña Raúl Borges ; M. Leoncio Porras Guitar duet instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor XVE-58754 10-in. 3/19/1930 Lolita Raúl Borges ; M. Leoncio Porras Guitar duet instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor XVE-58755 10-in. 3/19/1930 Las palomeras Raúl Borges ; M. Leoncio Porras Guitar duet instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor XVE-58756 10-in. 3/19/1930 Sapito lipon Raúl Borges ; M. Leoncio Porras Guitar duet instrumentalist, guitar, composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Borges, Raúl," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200968.

Borges, Raúl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200968.

"Borges, Raúl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200968

External Sources

Wikipedia: Raúl Borges

Discogs: Raúl Borges

Grove: Raúl Borges

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Borges Requena, Raúl, 1882-1967 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88680192

Wikidata: Raúl Borges - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1388388

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/55310631

MusicBrainz: Raúl Borges - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a764fe21-0bc1-4ff6-962f-1d5a983cde58

ISNI: 0000 0000 7824 8605 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000078248605

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/242070

Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Feedback

Send the Editors a message about this record.