Alberto Arvelo Torrealba (September 3, 1905 – March 28, 1971), was a Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet. He was the 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.Alberto Arvelo Torrealba Museum, Barinas Retrieved 2018 Dec 05.
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
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