Eduardo Valentín Serrano Torres (

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

, February 14, 1911 –

, October 13, 2008), was a

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. He composed many important

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; one of his most important works was the song "Barlovento". He won the National Music Prize in 1988. He died on October 13, 2008, at the age of 97.

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Chacao pays tribute to Eduardo Serrano

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