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Pedro Elias Gutierrez
Pedro Elias Gutierrez was a Venezuelan musician who is mainly remembered by the joropo song Alma Llanera, whose music he composed.
Life and valoration
Gutierrez began to study music at the age of 15, although not with much method. Almost in all the Venezuelan fifteen years celebrations, danced a Pedro Elias Gutierrez waltz, like Laura, Celaje, Geranio. But the one that is heard every day is Alma Llanera. This popular joropo, which is regarded as the second National Anthem of Venezuela, comprises one zarzuela of the same name that was released in the Caracas Theater on 19 September 1914.
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