Born in Santa Cruz de Galeana, 23 or Jan 25, 1868
Died in Batabanó, Cuba, July 13, 1894
- Rosas was a member of the Otomí, an indigenous people of Mexico.
- Rosas got his start in music as the violinist in his family’s quartet (his father played the harp, one brother played guitar, the other brother sang).
- Rosas held several small orchestra appointments and eventually moved to Mexico City and became a successful composer of salon music, including waltzes, polkas and mazurkas.1
Sources
- Juan Orrego-Salas, “Rosas, Juventino,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 8, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000023824.