Félix Pérez Cardozo
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Félix Pérez Cardozo 20 November 1908 Hyaty-Guairá, Paraguay |
| Died | 9 June 1952 (aged 43) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Paraguayan |
| Known for | Composer, Music. |
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Félix Pérez Cardozo (20 November 1908 – 9 June 1952) was a Paraguayan musician.
Cardozo was born to Teodoro Pérez and Cándida Rosa Cardozo in the small town of Hyaty in the state of Guairá. This town currently carries his name. Pérez Cardozo died on June 9, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He is the most representative icon as regards the interpretation, development of technique and composition of harp music . As is common in Paraguayan music of the countryside, he learned the basics of playing from other harpists, so making him self-taught with no known music masters.
He was part of a paradigmatic trio consisting of one harp and two guitars, along with Ampelio Villalba and Diosnel Chase. He received support from the poet Pedro José Carlés, with whom he traveled to the capital city of (Asunción) in 1928. During this time they would play at folk music festivals organized in the "Teatro Granados" by Aristóbulo "Nonón" Domínguez as well as in night clubs.
In 1931 he and his band left for Buenos Aires, Argentina, where most of his artistic career took place. They were the first of a long list of Paraguayan musicians that would consequently succeed in the Argentine capital for more than half a century.
In a short period of time, his individualistic style of interpretations of various compositions, mostly created for the harp, quickly gained him wide public recognition. He was a member of several bands until in 1945 he formed his own group. He enjoyed huge fame in Buenos Aires and throughout all the Río de la Plata area. His success was such that a street in Mendoza was named after him.
He recorded numerous LP’s immortalizing all of his songs but one in particular, became internationally known, his version of "Guyra campana" ("Pájaro campana"),.Even though this master piece is mentioned as a traditional country tune in encyclopedias and history books of Paraguayan music, there is no doubt that the recompilation and the final arrangement of this masterpiece were due to the talent and genius Pérez Cardozo.
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