Vicente Emilio Sojo: Historical Legacy of Venezuelan Music (+ Sowing)

51 years have passed since that August 11, 1974, when the musical notes in Venezuela stopped to regret the physical departure of the illustrious musician and composer Vicente Emilio Sojo, considered to be one of the main creators of the modern school of national music.

Maestro Sojo, a native of Guatire, in the state of Miranda, left an important cultural legacy in the country, with very varied compositions, both in genre and for different combinations of instruments and voices. When the Orfeón Lamas was founded in 1928, he wrote his first polyphonic song Por la Cabra Rubia, dedicated to that institution, of which he is one of its most outstanding and memorable members, since he was its director until its definitive closure.

Responding to the interest of a group of young musicians, he leads the founding movement of the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, currently the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra (OSV), in 1930, of which he was not only one of its founding directors, but also its most determined and fervent promoter.

In his prolific activity as a teacher, composer and musician, it stands out that in 1944 he graduated from the Escuela Superior de Música José Ángel Lamas the first group of composers trained by Maestro Sojo himself. In addition, he also ventured into politics, being elected Senator of the Republic by the state of Miranda in 1958 with a re-election in 1963.

The life and work of Vicente Emilio Sojo has been attested to in countless books, research papers and even in the national press of his time, where he was frequently consulted on many and varied subjects, especially in the cultural and musical area.

Mazo News Team