Musician, Composer. Juan Arozamena Sánchez was a Mexican musician, composer and conductor. As a musician, he began professionally playing the piano in the intermission of the movies in theaters in Mexico City. At 18 years of age he was appointed director of the Orquesta del Teatro Lírico. Later, he met the actress and singer Lupe Rivas Cacho, with whom he had an affair until the day of his death. She was the owner of the "Compañía de Revistas Mexicanas de Lupe Rivas Cacho", of which Juan Arozamena was later a pianist, concert player and manager. With this company he toured a large part of Mexico and traveled through Cuba (1924), Spain (1925), Argentina (1926), Chile (1926), Peru (1926) and Colombia (1926). He is the author of the lyrics and music of "Las Chiapanecas," the second hymn in Chiapas. The success of "Las Chiapanecas" was so great that it was included in Mexican films "Al son de la marimba" (1940) and "La Mujer sin Lágrimas" (1951). He died a victim of bullets that were directed at Lupe Rivas Cacho.
Musician, Composer. Juan Arozamena Sánchez was a Mexican musician, composer and conductor. As a musician, he began professionally playing the piano in the intermission of the movies in theaters in Mexico City. At 18 years of age he was appointed director of the Orquesta del Teatro Lírico. Later, he met the actress and singer Lupe Rivas Cacho, with whom he had an affair until the day of his death. She was the owner of the "Compañía de Revistas Mexicanas de Lupe Rivas Cacho", of which Juan Arozamena was later a pianist, concert player and manager. With this company he toured a large part of Mexico and traveled through Cuba (1924), Spain (1925), Argentina (1926), Chile (1926), Peru (1926) and Colombia (1926). He is the author of the lyrics and music of "Las Chiapanecas," the second hymn in Chiapas. The success of "Las Chiapanecas" was so great that it was included in Mexican films "Al son de la marimba" (1940) and "La Mujer sin Lágrimas" (1951). He died a victim of bullets that were directed at Lupe Rivas Cacho.
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