Alberto Domínguez (composer)

(Redirected from Alberto Domínguez (songwriter)) Mexican marimbist and composer For other people named Alberto Domínguez, see Alberto Domínguez (disambiguation). In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Domínguez and the second or maternal family name is Borrás.

Alberto Domínguez
Alberto Domínguez in 1941
Born	(1913-04-21)21 April 1913 San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Died	2 September 1975(1975-09-02) (aged 62) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Marimbist and composer
Notable works	Frenesi Perfidia

Alberto Domínguez Borrás (San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, 21 April 1913 – Mexico City, 2 September 1975) was a Mexican marimbist and composer. He began his career in a marimba ensemble, Los Hermanos Domínguez.

Songs

External audio
You may listen to Dominguez's "Perfidia" performed by Xavier Cugat conducting his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra in 1939 here on archive.org

Miguel Ficher, Martha Furman Schleifer, John M. Furman, Latin American Classical Composers: a biographical dictionary, 1996: "Dominguez, Alberto, Mexican composer; b. 21 Apr 1913, Chiapas, Mexico; d. 2 Sep 1975, Mexico City, Mexico".
John Shepherd, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. 2003, p. 385: "In Mexico, one of the foremost representatives of the connection between popular music and the marimba is the composer/marimbist Alberto Dominguez. He began his career in his family marimba ensemble, the legendary Los Hermanos Dominguez...."
Dominguez, Alberto (1939). Perfidia: canción. New York: Southern Music. OCLC 70080033. Retrieved 16 July 2020. De la pelicula de William Rowland 'Perfidia' con Maria Teresa Montoya, Marina Tamayo, Domingo Soler, Magda Haller, Ramon Vallarino, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma y Maria Calvo. Distribuida por RKO Radio Pictures.