Fiestas Patronales del Rincón Mágico

Banda de Paz,
Apopa, San Salvador
ands and Parades. They started in 1841, during the
government of President Juan Lindo. The first military
band of El Salvador in San Miguel was created as an
initiative of Coronel Manuel Cañas; father of General
Juan J. Cañas, author of the National anthem. This
band has as a first antecedent to be of what it woud
be in time the Band of the Supreme Power and the
actual National Symphony Orchestra.
The spanish masters hired to address the first band
were Manuel Navarro and José Martínez and the
Italian Juan Guido. The first director of this musical
philharmonic was Rafael Orozco in 1859. With the
arrival of the Guatemalan master José Escolástico
Andrino (1816-1862), the salvadorean music received
sudden impulse, because a school for music was
opened in the capital and this institution was the one
by which generations of musicians passed by.
Among the musicians that were distinguished include
the Dutch Joseph Kessels and santaneco composer
David Granadino, who were honored with a park in
the city of Santa Ana, and Henry Drews, of Prussian
origin, who did the orchestration and arrangements
that National Anthem of El Salvador premiered on
September 15th in 1879.
Since this period of time, there has not been
salvadorean population who does not consider
themselves to be respectful because they can count
on a musical band which will go with them in their
parades and civil acts.
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