Hernando Marín

Hernando Marín
Birth nameHernando José Marín Lacouture
Born(1944-09-01)1 September 1944
El Tablazo, San Juan del Cesar, Colombia
Died5 September 1999(1999-09-05) (aged 55)
Los Palmitos, Colombia
GenresVallenato

Hernando José Marín Lacouture[1][a] (1944–1999) was a Colombian vallenato songwriter and musician. His songs have been recorded by artists including Diomedes Díaz, Binomio de Oro, and Los Hermanos Zuleta.

Biography

Marín was born on 1 September 1944 in El Tablazo, a village in San Juan del Cesar in the Colombian department of La Guajira.[1]

In 1974 Marín was taken by folklorist José Parodi to the Festival del Fique, where he won the unpublished song competition with his composition "Vallenato y Guajiro".[2] In 1992 he won the unpublished song competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival with "Valledupar del Alma".[3]

Marín composed several successful vallento songs that were recorded by artists including Diomedes Díaz, Binomio de Oro, and Los Hermanos Zuleta.[3] He was particularly known for his skill at writing both romantic and political protest songs; Marcos Fidel Vega Seña described him as "the first and greatest model of the romantic guajira song and protest voice in vallenato."[2]: 59  He also occasionally recorded music, notably on the records La Llave (with Alfredo Gutiérrez) and Valledupar del Alma (with Jhony Gámez).[3]

Marín died on 5 September 1999 when the taxi he was in crashed in Los Palmitos.[3] He was buried the next day in the Central Cemetery of Valledupar.[4]

Musical style and compositions

Marín wrote songs in the Colombian folk music genre of vallenato. The first song of his to be recorded was "Vallenato y Guajiro", by the conjunto of Beto Martínez and Miguel Ahumada.[3] His particularly successful compositions include "Olvída Esa Pena" (performed by Los Betos) and "Lluvia de Verano" (performed by Diomedes Díaz).[2] In 1976 a recording of his song "La Ley del Embudo" by Beto Zabaleta became the anthem of a political movement.[2] His other notable compositions include "Campesino Vallenato", "Juramento", "Sanjuanerita", "El Ángel del Camino", "Mis Muchachitas", "Pecadora", "Lágrimas de Sangre", "Mentiras de Las Mujeres", "Girasol", "Bebiendo Yo", "Valledupar del Alma", "La Dama Guajira", "Campesino Vallenato", "El Mocoso", "El Gavilán Mayor", "La Creciente", "Los Maestros", "La Primera Piedra", "El Enfermo", and "Volvieron".[5]

Marín's song "Canta Conmigo", which was recorded in 1989 by Diomedes Díaz, was sung by the crowd at his funeral in Valledupar.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marín and the second or maternal family name is Lacouture.

References

  1. ^ a b Juan Rincon Vanegas (6 September 2024), "Hernando Marín entregó su pensamiento en frases y cantos vallenatos" [Hernando Marín delivered his thoughts in vallenato phrases and songs], El Heraldo (in Spanish), retrieved 20 June 2025
  2. ^ a b c d e Marcos Fidel Vega Seña (2005). "Hernando Marín Lacouture: romance y protesta". Vallenato: Cultura y Sentimiento (in Spanish). Bogotá: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. pp. 59–60. ISBN 958-8205-69-7.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Murió Compositor Vallenato" [Vallenato Composer Has Died], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 6 September 1999, retrieved 20 June 2025
  4. ^ "Con Cantos Despidieron a H. Marín" [H. Marín was bid farewell with songs], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 7 September 1999, retrieved 20 June 2025
  5. ^ Ludys Ovalle (6 September 2024), "A 25 años de su muerte, Valledupar le rindió un tributo a Hernando Marín: compositor musical cuya influencia fue la poesía" [25 years after his death, Valledupar paid tribute to Hernando Marín: musical composer whose influence was poetry], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 20 June 2025
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