Culture Arena
English
- English
- فارسی
Mexico · Music · Hard
Which composer and pianist (1899-1940), famous for the waltz 'Sobre las olas' (Over the Waves), was a classical prodigy who fused European salon music with popular themes and died tragically young of a cerebral haemorrhage?
Answer: Juventino Rosas — Sobre las olas is one of the most recorded melodies worldwide and was for decades incorrectly attributed to Johann Strauss; Rosas sold the rights for 45 pesos and died in poverty at 26.
- A Ricardo Castro
- B Juventino Rosas ✓
- C Manuel M. Ponce
- D Felipe Villanueva
Sobre las olas is one of the most recorded melodies worldwide and was for decades incorrectly attributed to Johann Strauss; Rosas sold the rights for 45 pesos and died in poverty at 26.