Emigdio Ayala Báez (August 5, 1917 – February 24, 1993) was a Paraguayan musician. He was born in Escobar, a town of the

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Beginnings

He started his artistic career with the master

Herminio Giménez Herminio Giménez (February 20, 1905 – July 6, 1991) was a Paraguayan composer. Life At the early age of 11 he was already part of the Paraguarí Department, Paraguarí music band and two years later he was hired to be part of the Asunción ...

, with who, around 1940, started his first artistic tour of presentation in

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. In 1941 the famous group of

Félix Pérez Cardozo Félix Pérez Cardozo (20 November 1908 – 9 June 1952) was a Paraguayan harpist and composer. Pérez Cardozo died on June 9, 1952, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Beginnings Pérez Cardozo was born to Teodoro Pérez and Cándida Rosa Cardo ...

recorded his composition “Mi dicha lejana”, a beautiful guarania that became very popular. In 1947 he went on tour for

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with

Career

In 1948 he was invited by Eladio Martínez to be part of the delegation of artists that would go to the

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, with the sponsor of Sir

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, to compensate the absence of Paraguayan athletes. During this trip to

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he wrote, with Martínez, the guarania “Oración a mi amada” (Pray to my beloved), one of the richest a most popular love songs in

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. The “Trio Olímpico” (Olympic Trio), name for which they were known with (Albino Quiñonez completed the group) performed with great success in several shows in the

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, sung for the sport and cultural delegations from several other countries in

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and for the

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too. They also traveled to other countries in

. He lived for many decades in

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and returned to

in the late ‘80s. He was founder member of APA (Association of Paraguayan Authors) and member for life of the SADAIC (Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música).

Last years

He died in his hometown Escobar, in

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* Diccionario Biográfico "FORJADORES DEL PARAGUAY", Primera Edicción Enero de 2000. Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

External links

vivaparaguay.com.py
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