Pedro Altamiranda
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A Panamanian composer known for satirical Carnival songs that mocked the scandals and figures of his day. His lyrics are now an involuntary chronicle of mid-twentieth-century Panamanian social life.
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The murgas still play Altamiranda tunes.Las murgas todavía tocan temas de Altamiranda.
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