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Arrested through the St. Daniel’s Evening uprising that swept through Madrid in 1865, Federico Chueca is at prison when he composed the waltz, “A Prisoner’s Lament. Orchestrated by Francisco Asenjo-Barbieri, who transformed the name to “Cupid And Esculapius, the tune became a springboard for Chueca’s following success. 3 years afterwards, …
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