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• 01 / 18 / 2010

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He is always remembered singing to the city with guitar in hand with his immortal "Pensamiento" he used to sing his boleros, keys and their exquisite romance emerged in the light of the moon in those memorable serenades.

Next to the memory of his voice is still the town that knew musician, composer of melodies of trouva, founder of the key choirs and faithful representative of the trova from Sancti Spíritus.  

A follower of his music reaffirmed in the calendar of culture in Sancti Spíritus Rafael Gomez Mayea-“Teofilito” has been one of the most lengthy growers music of the courtyard and one of the troubadours that has exalted the traditional song of the island.

His name, as many scholars have said, can not be separated from birth and height of the choirs key, it can not overcome the repertoire where popularized next to the tune Palmarito Marcial Benitez.

The dancing from Santiago and the groups from Sancti Spíritus also led his label, perhaps because of this attachment to the soul in town, Teofilito still be familiar and beloved.

One of his famous songs, Pensamiento” is still sang by troubadours.  Pensamiento is a basic song for those in love in Sancti Spiritus village.

Source: Radio Sancti Spíritus