Santiago Lope: Gallito (Harmonie)

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The newspapers of Valencia requested that Santiago Lope compose a pasodoble for a featured bullfight to be held at the local plaza de toros on June 29, 1905. Outdoing himself, he wrote not one, but four Pasodobles, one for each featured matador. These were: “Dauder” for Agustín Dauder, “Angelito” for Ángel González, “Vito” for José Manuel Pérez and above all his masterpiece “Gallito” (“The little Cock”) for José “Joselito” Gómez Ortega. As bullfighters often use nicknames in Spain, he used these popular names for most of the titles. Among the toreros featured in Valencia, “Joselito” Gómez Ortega was the most outstanding bullfighter, as he is “…comúnmente aceptado como major torero de todos los tiempos” accepted as “most famous torero of all times” in Spain.