Music and culture in the country are in mourning. In the last hours the teacher died Rafael Campo Miranda, at 105 years old.
The composer born in Soledad, Atlántico, was going to turn 106 on August 7.
A bastion of composition and one of the most significant in the romantic genre in our country.
At the age of 12, he was taken to live in Barranquilla, but he never stopped going to his homeland, the municipality of Soledad.
It was a constant back and forth as he grew up to become a composer in the 1940s, according to his musical biography.
The first song he composed was called ‘Beach’, but other performers renamed it ‘Beach, breeze and sea’.
Curiously, the birth of Rafael Campo Miranda coincided with the creation of Junior de Barranquilla, which was about to celebrate its centenary.
The teacher was a furious fan of the Barranquilla team.
Campo will be remembered as one of the great composers at the national level, leaving an indelible legacy, marked by the tributes in life that he had already received and that highlight his work.
Topics “Lamento Naufrago”, “Travelling Cloud”, “Yellow Bird”, “Green Wind”, “Among Palm Trees”, #One for All”, “The Kite”, “My Delirium”, “Brisas del Valle”, “Beach, Breeze and Sea”, “La Mojana”, “Arullo de Tambores”, “Noches de cumbia”, “I’m looking for you in time” and “Volaron Las Garzas”like many others, will remain in the memory of Colombians, Barranquileros and Atlantic residents.
