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Henrique A. González and Maria Gragirena y Mijarez de González. At the age of five, she entered the Colegio de Lourdes where she began to study piano. A year later, she composed her first piece titled "Blanca, la niña Angélica" (Blanca, the girl Angélica). At the
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In honor of her career as a researcher, musician, singer, and composer, as well as her fight in favor of authors and composers, María Luisa
Escobar obtained the National Prize of Music in the year 1984, a few months before her death in
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Caracas her compositions "Alondras", "Mar adentro", "Tu maldad", and "Ángel de mis sueños". In these recordings, her name is credited as "Maritza Graxirena" in deference to her
124:, in addition to other artists, she initiated the instrumental vocal group "Quintet Ávila" of which she was a singer and arranger. On July 11, 1928 she recorded for
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372:"En honor a María Luisa Escobar"
346:"Grabaciones del Quinteto Ávila"
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254:"Diez canciones sentimentales"
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227:"Canción del aviador"
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236:"Aleluya"
233:"Siempre"
224:"Orinoco"
221:"Curiana"
180:"Contigo"
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