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Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (September 3, 1905 – March 28, 1971), was a
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n lawyer, educator and folklorical poet. He was author o
Florentino y El Diablo
which was set to music as a duet in the style known as ''contrapunteo''.


Legacy

A
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in Barinas was named after him, and in the city of Barinas there is the Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Museum opened in 1981.Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Museum, Barina

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Bibliography

*''Música de cuatro'' (1928) *''Rezagos de un poemario extraviado en la cárcel'' (1929) *''Cantas'' (1933) *''Glosas al cancionero'' (1940) *''Florentino y El Diablo'' (1940/1950/1957) *''Caminos que andan'' (1962) *''Lazo Martí: vigencia en lejanía'' (1965) *''Obra poética'' (1967)


See also

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torrealba, Alberto Arvelo 1905 births 1971 deaths People from Barinas (state) Venezuelan male composers Venezuelan male poets Venezuelan schoolteachers Members of the Venezuelan Academy of Language 20th-century Venezuelan poets 20th-century composers 20th-century Venezuelan lawyers 20th-century male writers 20th-century male musicians