The Ministry of Culture has announced that this week is National Music Week, and next Sunday, 3 December, is Merengue Day. Maestro Luis Alberti is being honored with a centennial plaque at the Bellas Artes School in Santo Domingo today. Alberti is the composer of such famous merengue tunes as “Compadre Pedro Juan”, “Sancocho Prieto”, and “Lena” as well as the world famous “Luna Sobre el Jaragua”. “Lena” is also the Aguilas Cibaenas baseball team’s theme song. On Tuesday there will be a press conference at the National Theater announcing a Dominican Song Festival. On Wednesday, a floral offering will be placed at the tomb of Jose Reyes, the composer of the National Anthem, and a mass at the Cathedral with the first recital of the Hymn to Santa Cecilia by Rafael Solano and a new Our Father by maestro Papa Molina. The week ends with Jatnna Tavarez’s production of Long Live the Merengue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Culture has announced that this week is National Music Week, and next Sunday, 3 December, is Merengue Day. Maestro Luis Alberti is being honored with a centennial plaque at the Bellas Artes School in Santo Domingo today. Alberti is the composer of such famous merengue tunes as “Compadre Pedro Juan”, “Sancocho Prieto”, … <\/p>\n