Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Alfonso Esparza Oteo (Aguascalientes, 2 August 1894 - Mexico City, 31 January 1950) was a Mexican composer. Esparza first success among Mexico City music fans was a foxtrot, and his music was enormously popular in the 1920s. Álvaro Obregón was listening to "El Limoncito", one of Esparza's compositions, when he was assassinated.
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
- Born
- 1894 · Aguascalientes City.
- Died
- 1950 · Mexico City.
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Occupation
- singer · composer · conductor · pianist
- Languages
- Spanish
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Alfonso Esparza Oteo (Aguascalientes, 2 August 1894 - Mexico City, 31 January 1950) was a Mexican composer. Esparza first success among Mexico City music fans was a foxtrot, and his music was enormously popular in the 1920s. Álvaro Obregón was listening to "El Limoncito", one of Esparza's compositions, when he was assassinated.
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• Dime que sí (arranged by Efraín Oscher on Rolando Villazón: ¡Mexico! DG: 4779234) • Un viejo amor (arranged by Gonzalo Grau on Rolando Villazón: ¡Mexico! DG: 4779234)
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