To celebrate the anniversary of the first time the song “Mexicali Rose” was performed, The Municipal Institute of Art and Culture closed the theater season with the play of the same name in the facilities of the House of Culture.
A story from a grandson of a Mexican musician who lived in the twenties, says that On November 28, 1923, the melody, which is a composition by the American musician Jack B. Tenney, was performed for the first time.which is a declaration of love and farewell at the same time.
The play was directed by teacher Rosa Isela Robles Llanos, who took up the texts of Oscar Hernández Valenzuela, coordinator of the Historical Archive of Mexicali.
Isa Flores Robles was the one who gave life to the character of Rosa; Alexandro Navarro played a Mexican in love with Rosa and who envied the pianist Jack B. Tenney. Francisco Yamil Pérez played the one whom Rosa is believed to have eventually married, an old revolutionary soldier.
The historian’s texts take into account the testimony of the grandson of a second generation cachanilla musician, related to the families of philharmonic players born in the Historic Center of Mexicali.
The “Rosa de Mexicali” was actually a woman from Sinaloa who moved from that entity to work and send money to her family.
The woman, Rosa, 18, met the composer Tenney, who was a 36-year-old married man and who despite this fell in love with the Mexican, in the context of the time of alcohol prohibition laws in the United States.
Derived from the prohibition of the production and consumption of alcohol, Americans sought fun and entertainment in Mexico, which was no exception in this border city.
Tenney worked at the “El Tecolote” casino, as well as at the Imperial Cabaret, where it is believed that they met when she was a dancer and the author of the musical piece, as a pianist.
The Mexicali Rose Waltz was Jack’s solemn farewell, he promised Rosa to return to Mexicali one sunny day, as the lyrics of the song say.
2023-11-27 01:17:26
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