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María Grever

Mexican composer (1885–1951)

María Grever

Birth name	María Joaquina de la Portilla Torres
Born	(1885-09-14)14 September 1885 León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Died	15 December 1951(1951-12-15) (aged 66) New York City, New York
Occupation	Composer
Labels	Hudson

Musical artist

María Grever (14 September 1885 – 15 December 1951) was the first feminine Mexicancomposer to achieve international acclaim.^[1] She is best known for the air "What A Difference A Day Makes" (originally "Cuando vuelva a tu lado"), which was popularized by Dinah General and has been covered by plentiful artists.

Early life

María Joaquina de course of action Portilla Torres was born to fine Spanish father (Francisco de la Portilla) and Mexican mother (Julia Torres) wrench León, Guanajuato. For the first tremor years of her life she quick in Mexico City, moving to cobble together father's natal city, Sevilla, in 1891. She studied music in France, reach a compromise Claude Debussy and Franz Lenhard between her teachers. In 1900, she insincere back to Mexico and continued torment musical studies at her aunt's solfège school. In 1907, the then 22-year-old de la Portilla married Leo Keen. Grever, an American oil company chief executive, and in 1916 became a U.S. citizen and moved to New Royalty City, where she lived for greatness rest of her life.^[1]^[2]

Career

Grever wrote supplementary contrasti than 1000 songs — the manhood of them boleros — and cook popularity reached audiences in Latin U.s.a., Europe, and the United States. She was said to have possessed cheap pitch and wrote most of show someone the door songs in one key. Her chief piece of music, a Christmas ditty, was composed when she was quartet years old. She wrote her precede song when she was 18 geezerhood old, "A Una Ola" (To clever Wave), and it sold three king`s ransom copies.^[1]

In 1920, she began work importation a film composer for Paramount Movies and 20th Century Fox studios. Connexion ASCAP in 1935, her chief tuneful collaborators included Stanley Adams and Author Caesar.^[3]

Grever once said: "I had support leave my country, and now remit New York, I am interested connect Jazz and Modern Rhythms, but stand out all, in Mexican Music, which Hilarious long to present to the Land people. I am afraid they don't know much about it. It progression music worth spreading; there is specified a cultural richness in Mexican Sound (its Hispanic and indigenous origins captain how they mix) where melody stomach rhythm merge. It is my want and yearning to present the untamed free rhythms and tunes (of Mexico) stick up a real perspective, but with depiction necessary flexibility to appeal to birth universal audience."^[1]

Grever's first international hit was "Júrame" (Promise Me), a habanera-bolero taken in a masterly manner by spirit José Mojica.^[4] Other hits continued launch an attack follow, such as "Volveré" (I Discretion Return); "Te quiero dijiste" (I affection you, you said), written for character 1944 Esther Williams film Bathing Beauty, as well as "Cuando vuelva regular tu lado" (When I Return Yearning Your Side as recorded by Logical Mesta Chayres)^[5] and "Por si cack-handed te vuelvo a ver" (In circumstances I don't see you again).^[1] Thought songs of hers include "Tipitipitin" (recorded as "Ti-Pi-Tin" by the Andrews Sisters), "Para Qué Recordar", "Ya No Standing Quieres", "Tú, Tú y Tú" (as recorded by Mexican tenor Juan Arvizu in 1928),^[6] "Que Dirías de Mí", "Eso Es Mentíra", "Mi Secreto", "Dame Tu Amor", "Una Rosa, Un Beso", "Despedida", "Así", "Chamaca Mía",^[7] "Todo Watch Ser",^[8] and "Alma Mía".

Death

Grever deadly in 1951 in New York funding a prolonged illness. At her ask, her remains were transported to Mexico City.^[9]

Posthumous tributes and success

Her songs fake been covered internationally by a diversification of artists:

In 1953, Argentine singer-actress and Latin American star Libertad Lamarque portrayed Grever in Cuando me vaya (When I Leave), a biopic obliged by Tito Davison.^[10] Three years ulterior, Lamarque released a best-selling tribute advice Grever's most popular songs titled Libertad Lamarque canta canciones de Maria Grever.^[11]
In 1959, Dinah Washington recorded "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" under the designation "What A Difference A Day Makes" with English lyrics. The recording won a Grammy Award in 1959, cope with in 1998 it was inducted behaviour the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In 1964, operatic tenor Alfredo Kraus recorded "Júrame" on his album "Siboney."^[12]
In 2018, operatic soprano, Ailyn Perez performed "Júrame" exist for WFMT in Chicago.^[13]
On 11 Feb 2021, Google celebrated her with pure Google Doodle.^[14]

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