Sunday, February 26, 2012
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
ARGENTINEAN DOMINGO F. SARMIENTO
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (February 15, 1811 – September 11, 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the "Generation of 1837", who had a great influence on nineteenth-century Argentina. He was particularly concerned with educational issues and was also an important influence on the region's literature.
Sarmiento grew up in a poor but politically active family that paved the way for much of his future accomplishments. Between 1843 and 1850 he was frequently in exile, and wrote in both Chile and in Argentina. His greatest literary achievement was Facundo, a critique of Juan Manuel de Rosas, that Sarmiento wrote while working for the newspaper El Progreso during his exile in Chile. The book brought him far more than just literary recognition; he expended his efforts and energy on the war against dictatorships, specifically that of Rosas, and contrasted enlightened Europe—a world where, in his eyes, democracy, social services, and intelligent thought were valued—with the barbarism of the gaucho and especially the caudillo, the ruthless strongmen of nineteenth-century Argentina.
While president of Argentina from 1868 to 1874, Sarmiento championed intelligent thought—including education for children and women—and democracy for Latin America. He also took advantage of the opportunity to modernize and develop train systems, a postal system, and a comprehensive education system. He spent many years in ministerial roles on the federal and state levels where he travelled abroad and examined other education systems.
Sarmiento died in Asunción, Paraguay, at the age of 77 from a heart attack. He was buried in Buenos Aires. Today, he is respected as a political innovator and writer.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Mi homenaje a "Salta la linda"... My tribute to "Salta la linda"...
Mi homenaje a "Salta la linda"...una provincia de mi Argentina. Tierra del folclore, con sus cantores y sus paisajes, forman para el mundo una cancion para recordar.
My tribute to "Salta la linda"... a province of my Argentina. Land of folklore music with its singers and its lanscapes, all that mean to the world, a song to remember.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
PASCUAL CONTURSI
Pascual Contursi (November 18, 1888 — May 28, 1932) was an Argentine poet, Tango singer, and guitarist. He composed lyrics for 33 tangos compositions - many well-known.
Pascual Contursi together with Enrique Maroni put to the "La Cumparsita" tango song these words "Si supieras que aun dentro de mi alma conservo aquel carino que tuve para ti"
GERARDO M. RODRIGUEZ
LA CUMPARSITA
Entre 1916 y 1917, ya que hay controversia entre los historiadores aun no resuelta, Roberto Firpo (musico) estrena en el cafe "La Giralda" de Montevideo, Uruguay el tango que se convertiria con el tiempo en el mas famoso del mundo, La Cumparsita. Su autor Gerardo Matos Rodriguez un joven estudiante uruguayo que habia escrito su obra en una forma bastante primitiva. Parece ser que R. Firpo fue quien realizo los arreglos definitivos. El titulo se refiere a una comparsa carnavalera que integraban estudiantes uruguayos. Algunos años despues, Pascual Contursi y Enrique Maroni colocan a la famosa musica los versos que aumentarian su celebridad y que canta y graba Carlos Gardel. "Si supieras que aun dentro de mi alma conservo aquel cariño que tuve para ti..." Gerardo M. Rodriguez desautoriza esa letra ya que Contursi y Maroni la habian escrito sin su permiso y escribe otra que graba el tenor Tito Schipa ..."La cumparsa de miseria sin fin desfila en torno de aquel ser enfermo que pronto a de morir de pena...."Luego de un largo juicio, la justicia autoriza ambas letras. Y se fija un porcentaje en el reparto de los derechos entre los tres autores.
Friday, March 5, 2010
The March of San Lorenzo- La marcha de San Lorenzo
The March of San Lorenzo, a patriotic march commemorating the battle. The music for this Marcha de San Lorenzo was composed in February 1901 by Cayetano Alberto Silva (1868–1920), a director of several military bands (Argentina).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z-f4MHeJDE (you can hear the March of San Lorenzo here- puedes escuchar la marcha de San Lorenzo aqui)
The Battle of San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo is a city located in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina) was a military engagement of the Argentine War of Independence, between Royalists (Spanish: realistas, loyal to the Spanish Crown), led by General José Zavala, and the rebel forces of the Granaderos a Caballo (Mounted Grenadiers), the cavalry élite unit led by General José de San Martín. This was also the first combat action for San Martin's unit (1813)
DRAWING HECHO POR/MADE BY MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO
GRANADERO A CABALLO- CUARTEL DE RETIRO- Mounted Grenadiers at the Retiro District- BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA)
Granaderos a Caballo (Mounted Grenadiers) in front of the district of RETIRO (1820-1968) located in the intersection of Arsenales and Maipu Streets. (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
HECHO POR/MADE FOR MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO
Friday, January 8, 2010
SCENE FROM THE MARTIN FIERRO BOOK- AN ARGENTINEAN GAUCHO WHO IS A VERY FAMOUS POEM WRITTEN BY JOSE HERNANDEZ, ARGENTINEAN WRITER
SCENE FROM THE MARTIN FIERRO BOOK- AN ARGENTINEAN GAUCHO WHO IS A VERY FAMOUS POEM WRITTEN BY JOSE HERNANDEZ, ARGENTINEAN WRITER. FIRST EDITION IN 1872 (Martín Fierro es un gaucho Argentino que relata en verso las distintas aventuras cómicas y trágicas como un andariego de la vida. Su relato es por momentos político porque no se vuelve un discurso si no un mensaje constante a la sociedad, en particular la Argentina. Mantiene en sus versos la poesía criolla característica e importante de su obra que la vuelve única e irrepetible. En su poesía se conjuega la libertad y la igualdad como un acto utópico para la gran civilización, defiende al preso, al indigente, al oprimido, al obrero, al peón. Cree profundamente en la biblia ya que su decir porpular resuena como un evangelio reflexivo acerca de las conductas humanas. Martin Fierro usaba un vocabulario muy propio y lunfardo. Martín Fierro es un poema narrativo de José Hernández, obra literaria considerada ejemplar del género gauchesco en Argentina. Se publicó en 1872 con el título El Gaucho Martín Fierro, y su continuación, La vuelta de Martín Fierro, apareció en 1879.)
DRAWING/PICTURE MADE BY MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO
NATIVE PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH OF ARGENTINA
NATIVE PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH OF ARGENTINA
DRAWING/PICTURE MADE BY MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO
ARGENTINEAN ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA
La fotografía dio la vuelta al mundo, y los revolucionarios de los 5 continentes la convirtieron en un símbolo. La imagen yacente de un hombre de casi 40 años con el torso desnudo, con barba y bien parecido al que la muerte imprimía una expresión de serenidad. Sus ejecutores militantes Bolivianos entrenados en EE UU, no tuvieron ningún problema en identificarlo, era Ernesto Guevara universalmente conocido como Che Guevara, a este apodo referido a su origen argentino (El Che nació en la ciudad de Rosario en 1928, Argentina) iba unido su largo historial de revolucionario. Muerto en una emboscada en la sierra de Bolivia el 8 de octubre de 1967.
DRAWING/PICTURE MADE BY MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO
Thursday, December 24, 2009
ARGENTINEAN ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA
MADE BY MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO- CHE GUEVARA WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF ROSARIO, ARGENTINA- HE GREW UP IN THE CITY OF ALTA GRACIA, PROVINCE OF CORDOBA ARGENTINA- For more information please check http://www.altagracia.gov.ar/museos/che/museo_che_fotos.asp
GRANADERO ROLO CLASE 1947- ARGENTINA
MADE BY MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO- ESCUADRON JUNIN ESCOLTA PRESIDENCIAL ANTE LA CATEDRAL DE BUENOS AIRES DONDE DESCANSAN LOS RESTO DEL GENERAL SAN MARTIN-GAUCHOS EN LA PULPERIA BAR ARGENTINA - GAUCHOS AT THE PULPERIA BAR-SHOP ARGENTINA
MADE BY MIGUEL ANGEL ROLANDO
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