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'''Juan Morel Campos'''<ref group=note>{{Spanish name|'''Morel'''|'''Campos'''|plain=yes}}</ref> (16 May 1857 &ndash; 12 May 1896), sometimes erroneously spelled ''Juan Morell Campos'', was a [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] composer, considered by many to be responsible for taking the genre of [[music of Puerto Rico|danza]] to its highest level. He composed over 550 musical works before he died unexpectedly at age 38.<ref>[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3910:revive-a-morel-campos-la-pena-musical&catid=119:articulos&Itemid=342 ''Revive a Morel la Peña Musical.''] Vangie Rivera. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 June 2012.</ref>
'''Juan Morel Campos''' (16 May 1857 &ndash; 12 May 1896), sometimes erroneously spelled ''Juan Morell Campos'', was a [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] composer, considered by many to be responsible for taking the genre of [[music of Puerto Rico|danza]] to its highest level. He composed over 550 musical works before he died unexpectedly at age 38.<ref>[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3910:revive-a-morel-campos-la-pena-musical&catid=119:articulos&Itemid=342 ''Revive a Morel la Peña Musical.''] Vangie Rivera. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 June 2012.</ref>


==Early years==
==Early years==
Morel Campos (birth name: '''Juan Nepomuceno Morel Campos'''<ref>[http://www.prpop.org/noticias/may07/juan_morel_campos_may18.shtml ''Juan Morel Campos: un Beethoven boricua que antecedió a la salsa.'' [[National Foundation for Popular Culture|Fundacion Nacional para la Cultura Popular]].] Accessed January 10, 2011.</ref>) was born in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]], to Manuel Morel Araujo, from the Dominican Republic, and Juana de Dios Campos Collazo, from Venezuela.<ref>[http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=09082105&highlight=%2Bjuan%20%2Bmorel%20%2Bcampos "Juan Morel Campos"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728174256/http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=09082105&highlight=+juan%20+morel%20+campos |date=2011-07-28 }}, ''Puerto Rico Encyclopedia''] Retrieved 26 April 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.musicaboricua.com/ReportajeEND-RepensarAMorel.html "Repensar a Morel"] by Federico A. Cordero. ''El Nuevo Dia: Revista Domingo''. May 21, 2006. {{es icon}} Retrieved April 26, 2010.</ref> He began to study music at the young age of eight in his hometown under the guidance of Antonio Egipciaco.<ref>[http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/juan_morel_campos.html Musica de Puerto Rico]</ref> Morel Campos was a student of Puerto Rican composer and pianist Gonzalo de J. Núñez (1850 - 1915<ref>[http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_09/issue_20/arts_02.html ''Music: up close and personal.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508155940/http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_09/issue_20/arts_02.html |date=2013-05-08 }} Annie Laurie Cisneros. The Panama News: Panama's Online Newspaper. Vol. 9. Number 20. Oct. 19 - Nov. 8, 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>), whose students also included the internationally-known musicians and composers [[Manuel Gregorio Tavárez]] and [[Arístides Chavier Arévalo]].<ref>[http://www.josemontalvo.net/diss/ch1.htm ''CHAPTER I, ISLAND LIFE FROM 1898 TO 1922.''] Jose A. Montalvo. Hector Campos Parsi: The development of 20th Century Music in Puerto Rico. 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref> Morel Campos learned to play practically every [[brass instrument]] and eventually became one of the founders and directors of the "Ponce Firemen's Band" (La Banda de Bomberos del [[Parque de Bombas]] de Ponce). The legendary Band was later renamed the [[Ponce Municipal Band]].
Morel Campos (full name: '''Juan Nepomuceno Morel Campos'''<ref>[http://www.prpop.org/noticias/may07/juan_morel_campos_may18.shtml ''Juan Morel Campos: un Beethoven boricua que antecedió a la salsa''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128233810/http://prpop.org/noticias/may07/juan_morel_campos_may18.shtml |date=28 November 2010 }}, [[National Foundation for Popular Culture|Fundacion Nacional para la Cultura Popular]]. Accessed 10 January 2011.</ref>) was born in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]], to Manuel Morel Araujo, from the Dominican Republic, and Juana de Dios Campos Collazo, from Venezuela.<ref>[http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=09082105&highlight=%2Bjuan%20%2Bmorel%20%2Bcampos "Juan Morel Campos"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728174256/http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=09082105&highlight=+juan%20+morel%20+campos |date=2011-07-28 }}, ''Puerto Rico Encyclopedia''] Retrieved 26 April 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.musicaboricua.com/ReportajeEND-RepensarAMorel.html "Repensar a Morel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125155529/http://www.musicaboricua.com/ReportajeEND-RepensarAMorel.html |date=25 January 2010 }} by Federico A. Cordero. ''El Nuevo Dia: Revista Domingo''. 21 May 2006. {{in lang|es}} Retrieved 26 April 2010.</ref> He began to study music at the young age of eight in his hometown under the guidance of Antonio Egipciaco.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/juan_morel_campos.html |title=Musica de Puerto Rico |access-date=3 January 2014 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511105150/http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/juan_morel_campos.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Morel Campos was a student of Puerto Rican composer and pianist Gonzalo de J. Núñez (1850 - 1915<ref>[http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_09/issue_20/arts_02.html ''Music: up close and personal.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508155940/http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_09/issue_20/arts_02.html |date=2013-05-08 }} Annie Laurie Cisneros. The Panama News: Panama's Online Newspaper. Vol. 9. Number 20. 19 Oct. 8 Nov. 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>), whose students also included the internationally known musicians and composers [[Manuel Gregorio Tavárez]] and [[Arístides Chavier Arévalo]].<ref>[http://www.josemontalvo.net/diss/ch1.htm ''CHAPTER I, ISLAND LIFE FROM 1898 TO 1922.''] Jose A. Montalvo. Hector Campos Parsi: The development of 20th Century Music in Puerto Rico. 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref> Morel Campos learned to play practically every [[brass instrument]] and eventually became one of the founders and directors of the "Ponce Firemen's Band" (La Banda de Bomberos del [[Parque de Bombas]] de Ponce). The legendary band was later renamed the [[Ponce Municipal Band]].


==First composition==
==First composition==
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Morel Campos had his own dance orchestra, "La Lira Ponceña." Most of his danzas were written for dancing. He modified his compositions so that they may also be played on piano. Morel Campos is best known for his danza compositions, but he also composed [[waltz]]es, [[opera]]s, [[symphony|symphonies]], [[march (music)|marches]] and [[overture]]s.
Morel Campos had his own dance orchestra, "La Lira Ponceña." Most of his danzas were written for dancing. He modified his compositions so that they may also be played on piano. Morel Campos is best known for his danza compositions, but he also composed [[waltz]]es, [[opera]]s, [[symphony|symphonies]], [[march (music)|marches]] and [[overture]]s.


Women and the theme of love inspired most of his musical compositions. His great love was a lady named [[Mercedes Arias]], but her family did not approve of their relationship.<ref>[http://www.ladanza.com/morel2.htm ''Juan Morel Campos.''] El Hogar de la La Danza Puertorriqueña. 2016. Accessed 27 July 2017.</ref> It was from that frustrated "love" that many of Morel Campos' beautiful ''danzas'' were born, "''Maldito Amor''" (Damned Love) is an example. Among his best-known compositions are "Felices Dias' (Happy Days), "No Me Toques" (Do Not Touch Me), "Idilio," and "Maldito Amor" (Damned Love).
Women and the theme of love inspired most of his musical compositions. His great love was a lady named [[Mercedes Arias]], but her family did not approve of their relationship.<ref>[http://www.ladanza.com/morel2.htm ''Juan Morel Campos.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721162341/http://www.ladanza.com/morel2.htm |date=21 July 2018 }} El Hogar de la Danza Puertorriqueña. 2016. Accessed 27 July 2017.</ref> It was from that frustrated "love" that many of Morel Campos's beautiful ''danzas'' were born, with "''Maldito amor''" (Damned Love) as an example. Among his other best-known compositions were "Felices días" (Happy Days), "No me toques" (Do Not Touch Me), and "Idilio" (Idyll).


==Selection of Danzas by Morel Campos==
==Selection of Danzas by Morel Campos==
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The following is a list of some of Morel Campos' Danza's:<ref>[http://www.ladanza.com/sonidos.htm ''Danzas.''] El Hogar de la Danza Puertorriqueña. 2016. Accessed 27 July 2017.</ref>
The following is a list of some of Morel Campos's Danzas:<ref>[http://www.ladanza.com/sonidos.htm ''Danzas.''] El Hogar de la Danza Puertorriqueña. 2016. Accessed 27 July 2017.</ref>
*Conversación (Conversation)
*Conversación (Conversation)
*Felices Días (Happy Days)
*Felices días (Happy Days)
*Idilio (Idyll)
*Idilio (Idyll)
*Maldito Amor (Damned Love)
*Maldito amor (Damned Love)
*No me toques (Do Not Touch Me)
*No me toques (Do Not Touch Me)
*Sin ti jamás (Never without you)
*Sin jamás (Never without you)
*Sí, te toco (Yes, I will touch you)
*Sí, te toco (Yes, I will touch you)
*Sueño de Amor (Dream of love)
*Sueño de amor (Dream of love)
*Ten Piedad (Have pity)
*Ten piedad (Have pity)
*Tormento (Torment)
*Tormento (Torment)
*Un conflicto (A conflict)
*Un conflicto (A conflict)
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==Later years==
==Later years==
[[Image:Statue of Morel Campos.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Juan Morel Campos (statue)|Statue of Juan Morel Campos]] at [[Plaza Las Delicias]] in Ponce]]
[[File:Statue of Morel Campos.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Juan Morel Campos (statue)|Statue of Juan Morel Campos]] at [[Plaza Las Delicias]] in Ponce]]
Juan Morel Campos suffered a [[stroke]] on 26 April 1896 during a concert in Ponce. He died of the stroke soon thereafter on 16 May, in Ponce. In December 1926, his remains were buried on [[Juan Morel Campos (statue)|the pedestal of his statue]] in Plaza Las Delicias.<ref>[http://www.travelponce.com/Morel-Campos.html ''Juan Morel Campos Music Institute.'' Travel Ponce.]</ref> His wife was Secundina Beltrán Collazo. Their children were Olimpia, Eugenia, Belén, Plácido, and Manuel.<ref>[http://www.prpop.org/noticias/may07/juan_morel_campos_may18.shtml ''Juan Morel Campos: un Beethoven boricua que antecedió a la salsa.''] Fundación Nacional Para la Cultura Popular. 18 May 2007.</ref>
Juan Morel Campos suffered a [[stroke]] on 26 April 1896 during a concert in Ponce. He died of the stroke soon thereafter on 16 May, in Ponce. In December 1926, his remains were buried on [[Juan Morel Campos (statue)|the pedestal of his statue]] in Plaza Las Delicias.<ref>[http://www.travelponce.com/Morel-Campos.html ''Juan Morel Campos Music Institute.'' Travel Ponce.]</ref> His wife was Secundina Beltrán Collazo. Their children were Olimpia, Eugenia, Belén, Plácido, and Manuel.<ref>[http://www.prpop.org/noticias/may07/juan_morel_campos_may18.shtml ''Juan Morel Campos: un Beethoven boricua que antecedió a la salsa.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128233810/http://prpop.org/noticias/may07/juan_morel_campos_may18.shtml |date=28 November 2010 }} Fundación Nacional Para la Cultura Popular. 18 May 2007.</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
*Schools named after him:
*The [[Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos|Free School of Music Juan Morel Campos]] in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] was named for him, as was Juan Morel Campos Secondary School in [[Brooklyn, New York]] and a Jr. High School in Ponce.
**The [[Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos|Free School of Music Juan Morel Campos]] in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]].
**The Juan Morel Campos School of the Arts in [[Brooklyn, New York]].<ref>[https://www.juanmorelcampos.com/ ''Juan Morel Campos School of the Arts.''] Accessed 15 December 2020.</ref>
**The Juan Morel Campos Elementary School (Calle Leon Final) in Ponce.<ref>[https://www.escuelasdepr.com/escuela/juan-morel-campos-elemental-1023.html ''Escuela Juan Morel Campos (Elemental).''] EscuelasdePR.com. 2020. Accessed 15 December 2020.</ref>
**The Juan Morel Campos in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.<ref>[https://www.niche.com/k12/escuela-juan-morell-campos-bayamon-pr/ ''Escuela Juan Morel Campos.''] Puerto Rico Department of Education. Accessed 15 December 2020.</ref>
*[[Juan Morel Campos (statue)|The Juan Morel Campos statue]] was erected in the [[Plaza Las Delicias]] in Ponce.
*[[Juan Morel Campos (statue)|The Juan Morel Campos statue]] was erected in the [[Plaza Las Delicias]] in Ponce.
*A housing development in Ponce is named for him.
*A housing development in [[Barrio Segundo]], Ponce, is named for him.
*In 1984, the Government of Puerto Rico declared May 16 to be celebrated annually as "Juan Morel Campos Day" and November 23 be known as "The Day of the Composer".
*In 1984, the Government of Puerto Rico declared 16 May to be celebrated annually as "Juan Morel Campos Day" and 23 November be known as "The Day of the Composer".
*In 2001, Morel Campos was posthumously inducted into the [[International Latin Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.travelponce.com/Morel-Campos.html ''[[Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos|Juan Morel Campos Music Institute]].'' Travel Ponce.]</ref>
*In 2001, Morel Campos was posthumously inducted into the [[International Latin Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.travelponce.com/Morel-Campos.html ''Juan Morel Campos Music Institute.'' Travel Ponce.]</ref>
*His nephew [[Pedro Albizu Campos]] became a noted leader of the [[Puerto Rican Nationalist Party]].
*His nephew [[Pedro Albizu Campos]] became a noted leader of the [[Puerto Rican Nationalist Party]].
*Morel Campos is commemorated at the Ponce [[Tricentennial Park (Ponce, Puerto Rico)|Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens]].<ref>[http://www.travelponce.com/Music.html ''Music.''] Travel Ponce.com. Retrieved 3 October 2013.</ref>
*Morel Campos is commemorated at the Ponce [[Tricentennial Park (Ponce, Puerto Rico)|Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens]].<ref>[http://www.travelponce.com/Music.html ''Music.''] Travel Ponce.com. Retrieved 3 October 2013.</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100603215142/http://www.cmpr.edu/sala/flash/morel-dias.html Recordings Felices Días by Camerata Caribe]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100603215142/http://www.cmpr.edu/sala/flash/morel-dias.html Recordings Felices Días by Camerata Caribe]
*[http://puertoricoserver.net/REVISTAHOLAPR1/MUSICAPCE.html Instituto de Musica Juan Morel Campos]
*[http://puertoricoserver.net/REVISTAHOLAPR1/MUSICAPCE.html Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B3FSKpbNGk First musical recordings made in Puerto Rico found - Notiséís 360 PR (news site on YouTube)]


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Juan Morel Campos
Juan Morel Campos, Founder of the Ponce Municipal Band
Juan Morel Campos, Founder of the Ponce Municipal Band
Background information
Born(1857-05-16)16 May 1857
OriginPonce, Puerto Rico
Died12 May 1896(1896-05-12) (aged 38)
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Genresdanza
Occupation(s)Composer, Founder of the Ponce Municipal Band

Juan Morel Campos (16 May 1857 – 12 May 1896), sometimes erroneously spelled Juan Morell Campos, was a Puerto Rican composer, considered by many to be responsible for taking the genre of danza to its highest level. He composed over 550 musical works before he died unexpectedly at age 38.[1]

Early years

Morel Campos (full name: Juan Nepomuceno Morel Campos[2]) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Manuel Morel Araujo, from the Dominican Republic, and Juana de Dios Campos Collazo, from Venezuela.[3][4] He began to study music at the young age of eight in his hometown under the guidance of Antonio Egipciaco.[5] Morel Campos was a student of Puerto Rican composer and pianist Gonzalo de J. Núñez (1850 - 1915[6]), whose students also included the internationally known musicians and composers Manuel Gregorio Tavárez and Arístides Chavier Arévalo.[7] Morel Campos learned to play practically every brass instrument and eventually became one of the founders and directors of the "Ponce Firemen's Band" (La Banda de Bomberos del Parque de Bombas de Ponce). The legendary band was later renamed the Ponce Municipal Band.

First composition

Later, Morel Campos became a student of the composer Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, "The Father of the Danza". Campos' first danza composition was called "Sopapos". The influence of Tavárez, plus the particular style developed by Morel Campos can be listened to in his music today.

Morel Campos had his own dance orchestra, "La Lira Ponceña." Most of his danzas were written for dancing. He modified his compositions so that they may also be played on piano. Morel Campos is best known for his danza compositions, but he also composed waltzes, operas, symphonies, marches and overtures.

Women and the theme of love inspired most of his musical compositions. His great love was a lady named Mercedes Arias, but her family did not approve of their relationship.[8] It was from that frustrated "love" that many of Morel Campos's beautiful danzas were born, with "Maldito amor" (Damned Love) as an example. Among his other best-known compositions were "Felices días" (Happy Days), "No me toques" (Do Not Touch Me), and "Idilio" (Idyll).

Selection of Danzas by Morel Campos

External audio
audio icon You may listen to Luciano Quiñones piano interpretation of Morel Campos's "No me toques" here

The following is a list of some of Morel Campos's Danzas:[9]

  • Conversación (Conversation)
  • Felices días (Happy Days)
  • Idilio (Idyll)
  • Maldito amor (Damned Love)
  • No me toques (Do Not Touch Me)
  • Sin tí jamás (Never without you)
  • Sí, te toco (Yes, I will touch you)
  • Sueño de amor (Dream of love)
  • Ten piedad (Have pity)
  • Tormento (Torment)
  • Un conflicto (A conflict)
  • Vano empeño (Trying in vain)

Domingo Cruz "Cocolía" became director of the Firefighters' Band upon the untimely death of Morel Campos.

Later years

Statue of Juan Morel Campos at Plaza Las Delicias in Ponce

Juan Morel Campos suffered a stroke on 26 April 1896 during a concert in Ponce. He died of the stroke soon thereafter on 16 May, in Ponce. In December 1926, his remains were buried on the pedestal of his statue in Plaza Las Delicias.[10] His wife was Secundina Beltrán Collazo. Their children were Olimpia, Eugenia, Belén, Plácido, and Manuel.[11]

Legacy

See also

Notes


References

  1. ^ Revive a Morel la Peña Musical. Vangie Rivera. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  2. ^ Juan Morel Campos: un Beethoven boricua que antecedió a la salsa Archived 28 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Fundacion Nacional para la Cultura Popular. Accessed 10 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Juan Morel Campos" Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Puerto Rico Encyclopedia] Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Repensar a Morel" Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine by Federico A. Cordero. El Nuevo Dia: Revista Domingo. 21 May 2006. (in Spanish) Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Musica de Puerto Rico". Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  6. ^ Music: up close and personal. Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Annie Laurie Cisneros. The Panama News: Panama's Online Newspaper. Vol. 9. Number 20. 19 Oct. – 8 Nov. 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  7. ^ CHAPTER I, ISLAND LIFE FROM 1898 TO 1922. Jose A. Montalvo. Hector Campos Parsi: The development of 20th Century Music in Puerto Rico. 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. ^ Juan Morel Campos. Archived 21 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine El Hogar de la Danza Puertorriqueña. 2016. Accessed 27 July 2017.
  9. ^ Danzas. El Hogar de la Danza Puertorriqueña. 2016. Accessed 27 July 2017.
  10. ^ Juan Morel Campos Music Institute. Travel Ponce.
  11. ^ Juan Morel Campos: un Beethoven boricua que antecedió a la salsa. Archived 28 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Fundación Nacional Para la Cultura Popular. 18 May 2007.
  12. ^ Juan Morel Campos School of the Arts. Accessed 15 December 2020.
  13. ^ Escuela Juan Morel Campos (Elemental). EscuelasdePR.com. 2020. Accessed 15 December 2020.
  14. ^ Escuela Juan Morel Campos. Puerto Rico Department of Education. Accessed 15 December 2020.
  15. ^ Juan Morel Campos Music Institute. Travel Ponce.
  16. ^ Music. Travel Ponce.com. Retrieved 3 October 2013.