Raúl Borges

Venezuelan musician

Raúl Borges Requena (4 February 1882 – 24 November 1967) was a Venezuelan pedagogue, guitarist and composer.

Borges is mainly known today for having taught Alirio Díaz, Antonio Lauro, Rodrigo Riéra, and other Venezuelan guitarists. Many of his compositions for guitar were published in Madrid with Union Musical Española, including:

  • Canción antigua
  • Canción de cuna in D (also in G)
  • El Criollito
  • Fuente morisca
  • Marisol
  • Vals Venezolano
  • Vals sobre motivos franceses
  • Caroni Music - publisher of scores and CDs of South American music
  • (Spanish) Raul Borges. Compositions for guitar: Vol 5 / Fundacion Vicente Emilio Sojo
  • La Guitarra en Venezuela at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009) (Spanish)
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