Maruja Hinestrosa

Maruja Hinestrosa
Birth nameMaría de la Cruz Hinestrosa Eraso
Born(1914-11-16)16 November 1914
Pasto, Colombia
Died9 January 2002(2002-01-09) (aged 87)

María de la Cruz Hinestrosa Eraso[a] (1914–2002), known as Maruja Hinestrosa[b] or Maruja Hinestrosa de Rosero, was a Colombian pianist and composer.

Biography

María de la Cruz Hinestrosa Eraso was born on 16 November 1914 in Pasto, in the Colombian department of Nariño.[1] Her parents were Julia Eraso and Roberto Hinestrosa, and she had three siblings.[1]

Hinestrosa started studing music theory, singing, and piano in Pasto under a Franciscan nun called Mother Bautista.[2] Her first composition was the pasillo "El Cafetero", which she performed at a Congreso Nacional Cafetero in Pasto when she was 14; El Tiempo wrote that it ""quickly became the anthem of coffee producers".[3] She went on to compose in a variety of traditional styles, and performed regularly across Colombia.[2]

In 1992 Hinestrosa was awarded a Golden Lyre (Spanish: Lira de Oro) by SAYCO, the Colombian copyright collective. In her acceptance speech, she said "I am one of many music lovers, as are all the people of Nariño. It is with great pleasure that I receive [the award] on behalf of all musicians and composers, known and unknown."[1]: 40 

Hinestrosa died on 11 January 2002.[3]

Musical style and compositions

Hinestrosa composed in a wide range of classical and traditional styles. Her pasillo "El Cafetero" is particularly well-known, and a version by Jaime Llano González was included in El Tiempo's list of the 50 greatest Colombian songs.[4] In 1994 she composed "La Gran Fantasía Colombiana" together with Raúl Rosero Polo.[3] Her waltz "Dulce Sueño" was the theme of a telenovela shown on Caracol.[3] Her other notable works include:[2][5]

  • Ballads: "Pobre de Mí" and "Todos Llevamos una Cruz"
  • Bambucos: "El Guarangal", "El Ingenio", and "La Molienda"
  • Boleros: "Alma Mía", "Ciegamente", "Cruel Amargura", "Eco Lejano", "Navegando", and "Vuélveme a Querer"
  • Pasillos: "Deportista", "Destellos", "Nuevo Amanecer", "Periquete", "Picardía", and "Yagarí"
  • Tangos: "Amigo Mío", "Nos Dan las Doce", "Reproche", and "Vacío"
  • Waltzes: "Las Tres de la Mañana" and "Valle de Atriz"
  • Orchestral pieces: "Concierto en Si Menor"
  • Piano pieces: "Bosquejos Húngaros", "Fantasía Española", "Fantasía Sobre Aires Colombianos", and "Saudade"
  • Other: "Campeonísimo", "Gloria", "La Madre Mía", "Serenata Colombiana", "Arroyito Pampero", "Yagüarcocha", and "Mi Terruño"

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hinestrosa and the second or maternal family name is Eraso.
  2. ^ Also spelled Hinestroza.

References

  1. ^ a b c Luis Gabriel Mesa Martínez (May 2014). Maruja Hinestrosa: La Identidad Nariñense a Través de su Piano (PDF) (1st ed.). Fondo Mixto de Cultura de Nariño. ISBN 978-958-97877-4-8. OCLC 931688753. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Benjamín Yépez (2000). "Hinestrosa de Rosero, Maruja". In Emilio Casares Rodicio (ed.). Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana (in Spanish). Vol. 6: Guatemala – Lysy. Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. p. 327. ISBN 84-8048-309-1.
  3. ^ a b c d "Murió la Compositora de El Cafetero" [The composer of El Cafetero has died], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 11 February 2002, retrieved 4 July 2025
  4. ^ "Las 50 mejores canciones de Colombia" [The 50 best songs of Colombia], El Tiempo (in Spanish), 13 March 2013, retrieved 4 July 2025
  5. ^ Egon Ludwig (2001). "Hinestroza de Rosero Rivera, Maruja". Música Latinoamericana (in German). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 341. ISBN 3-89602-282-2.
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