Mario Ruiz Armengol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican musician
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Place of Birth: Veracruz, Mexico
About Mario Ruiz Armengol
- Mario Ruiz Armengol (known as "Mayito" or "Mister Harmony") (March 14, 1914 in Veracruz, Mexico – December 22, 2002 in Cancun, Mexico), was a Mexican pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and music teacher.
- He was the son of pianist and conductor Ismael Ruiz Suárez and Rosa Armengol. Ruiz Armengol started to play piano at eight years old and debuted as a conductor at fifteen, along with Leopoldo BeristaĂn.
- At sixteen years old Ruiz Armengol was one of the founding members of the XEW-AM (a legendary Mexican radio broadcaster) music band. He studied with JosĂ© RolĂłn, Rodolfo Halffter and JoaquĂn Amparán, and in 1942 met Mexican composer Manuel M.
- Ponce with whom he started a close friendship.
- By 1954 he was nicknamed "Mr.
- Harmony" by American musicians such as Duke Ellington, Billy May and Clare Fischer. Ruiz Armengol became very famous for his boleros.
- He also wrote more than 31 children's songs, 19 Cuban dances, 16 studies, 16 reflections, 32 miniatures, 5 waltzes, scherzos, minuets, sonatas, fantasies, preludes and piano works for four hands, chamber music for piano and violin, violincello, harp and flute.
- He was a highly reputed Mexican musician, a master of harmony and classical piano compositions.
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