Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (September 3, 1905 – March 28, 1971), was a Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet. He was author of Florentino y El Diablo, which was set to music as a duet in the style known as contrapunteo.

Legacy

A municipality in Barinas was named after him, and in the city of Barinas there is the Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Museum opened in 1981.

Bibliography

• Música de cuatro (1928)

• Rezagos de un poemario extraviado en la cárcel (1929)

• Cantas (1933)

• Glosas al cancionero (1940)

• Florentino y El Diablo (1940/1950/1957)

• Caminos que andan (1962)

• Lazo Martí: vigencia en lejanía (1965)

• Obra poética (1967)

See also

• Venezuela

• Culture of Venezuela

• List of Venezuelan writers

References