César Cosío reveals important anecdotes of world composers

This Wednesday night, César Cosío presented his “Musical Talks” at the Constitución Culture Center, evoking several of the most important authors in the world with historical anecdotes and curious facts

At the Constitución Cultural Center in Zapopan, on Wednesday night there was a music lover evening by the DJ and musical curator, César Cosío, who through his conversation “Musical Talks”, evoked several of the most important authors in the world with historical anecdotes and curious facts. This event was possible thanks to the work of Cultura Zapopan.

The public gathered in the Concert Hall of the building, remained attentive and surprised with all the information that the specialist gave them in full command.

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César Cosío, opened the talk talking about the musician Bent Fabric, a genius of commercial sounds, because to the surprise of the audience, he was the creator of sound pieces like “Alley Cat”, a song that is well known in Jalisco because it is the one that is he uses to sell ice cream and snow, yes, the popsicle cart reproduces the theme so that children come to buy, but the piece was not designed for it, he created it from the idea that his own cat gave him.

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Another of his important creations is “Chicken Feed”, also widely reproduced.

The music lover also talked about Liberace, another great pianist who created pieces like “Twelfth Street Rag” and “Chopsticks”, who got upset with Elvis Presley for wearing gold clothing like his. Speaking of pianists, he also brought up the black musician Scott Joplin with his classic “The Entertainer”, César reminded that this man had a complicated life.

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About other pieces that have remained in the collective memory of the world is “Toccata y Fuga” by Johann Sebastian Bach”, which has been related to terror, however it is a melody that made him experience the capacities and dimensions of an organ that they brought to sell him.

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So there was no pretence of wanting to do something terrifying, but who did, was musical genius Andrew Lloyd Webber, who was inspired by this piece to create “The Phantom of the Opera”, so , César recognised this musician as a king midas for the great successes he scored with “Jesus Christ Super Star”, for example, and who at the time claimed the rights to his work from Camilo Sesto for having taken the songs without his consent .

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During the talk, César also made a tour of the history of African music and how it continues to influence musicians of yesterday and today, taking up for example the legal conflict that occurred with “Mbube” by Solomon Linda, an African author who he always lived in poverty and whose chords of his melody were taken up in the hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens.

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The talk continued with the cultural context of rock and roll and the characters that promoted it, such as Little Richard, until reaching Mexican musicians and how they permeated the country’s pop culture.

Published with the permission of Mr. César Cosío

Source: INFORMADOR.MX

Author: Kike Esparza

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