Carlos Alberto Daniel LópezPuccio

Carlos Alberto Daniel LópezPuccio was born on the 9^th October 1946, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He is a multi-instrumentalist musician of the country. He is also an orchestral and choral conductor; he is also a composer and an arranger and one of the current members of the Les Luthier in the country.

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After finishing from the Orchestral conducting located in La Plata, Carlos Alberto was hired by the Les Luthiers to play the musical instrument called Fiddlecan, and prominently learnt the repertoire in two days. For the next season, he began a partnership in the art of music writing with Jorge Maronna and together they wrote 'Pieza en Forma de Tango'; Carlos Albertoalso composed 'VoglioEntrarePer la Finestra with libretto.

In the first year he spent with the Les Luthiers, Carlos Alberto played other musical instruments like cello, the viola and also the percussion instrument and he usually gave the backup vocals.

He is the man that composed all the music for many of the group’s pieces including the 'Concierto de Mpkstroff' and 'Brotan und Gretchen'.

From the year 1979 onward he also played the following musical instruments, the piano, the synthesizer and the harmonica for many musical pieces, especially since the group was left by Ernesto Acher, and they began to more often add the electronic keyboard.

Carlos Alberto became more and more actor in the movie of the country and featured in several movies of the country from the 1980s.

Compositions for Les Luthiers

Ø  Bolero de Mastropiero (with Maronna).

Ø  Cantata deladelantado Don Rodrigo Díaz de Carreras (with Ernesto Acher and Jorge Maronna).

Ø  Concierto de Mpkstroff (with some input from Núñez).

Ø  Marcha de la conquista (with Maronna&Acher).

Ø  Pieza en Forma de Tango (with Maronna).

Ø  Serenata Mariachi (with Maronna&Mundstock).

Ø  Si no fuerasantiagueño (with Acher, Mundstock&Maronna).

Ø  Voglioentrare per la finestra (music).

Performances

Backing Vocals:

Ø  Añoralgias (post-1986 versions)

Ø  Bolero de los celos

Ø  Bolero de Mastropiero

Ø  Cantata del adelantado Don Rodrigo Díaz de Carreras

Ø  Cartas de color

Ø  Educación sexual moderna

Ø  El explicado

Ø  El negro quierebailar

Ø  Fuga en Si-beria

Ø  La gallinadijo eureka

Ø  La hija de Escipión

Ø  La tanda

Ø  La vidaeshermosa

Ø  Lazy Daisy

Ø  Marcha de la conquista

Ø  OiGadóñaya

Ø  Romance del jovenconde, la sirena y el pájarocucú. Y la oveja

Ø  San Ictícola de los peces

Ø  Si no fuerasantiagueño

Ø  Somosadolescentes mi pequeña

Ø  Teorema de Thales

Ø  Visita a la universidad de Wildstone

Bass guitar:

Ø  Bolero de los celos

Ø  Cantata del adelantado Don Rodrigo Díaz de Carreras

Ø  Perdónala

Ø  Contraguitarrone da gamba (hybrid of viola and acoustic guitar):

·         Bolero de Mastropiero (1971 version)

Drums:

Ø  Cartas de color

Ø  Manuel Darío

Ø  Miss Lilly Higgins sings shimmy in Mississippi's spring (Shimmy)

Ø  Pepper Clemens sent the messenger: nevertheless the reverend left the herd (Ten step) (original versions)

Harmonica:

Ø  Balada del séptimoregimiento

Ø  Cartas de color

Ø  Lo que el sheriff se contó

Ø  Manuel Darío

Ø  Sólonecesitamos

Harmonium:

Ø  La tanda

Kazoo:

Ø  Concierto de Mpkstroff

Ø  El asesinomisterioso

Ø  Marcha de la conquista

Ø  San Ictícola de los peces

Ø  Latín (violin made of a tin can):

Ø  Canciónparamoverse

Ø  Concierto de Mpkstroff (non-symphonic versions)

Ø  Cuarteto op. 44

Ø  El beso de Ariadna

Ø  Encuentro en el restaurante

Ø  Enteteniciencia familiar

Ø  Iniciación a lasartesmarciales

Ø  La bella y graciosamoza

Ø  La hora de la nostalgia

Ø  La vidaeshermosa

Ø  Para Elisabeth

Ø  Pepper Clemens sent the messenger: nevertheless the reverend left the herd (Ten step) (post-Acher versions)

Ø  Pieza en forma de tango

Ø  Serenatamedio oriental

Ø  Serenatatímida

Ø  Sinfoniainterrumpida

Ø  Sonatas paralatín y piano

Ø  Unacanciónregia

Ø  Veaestanoche

Ø  Visita a la universidad de Wildstone

Latin Bass-Drum:

Ø  El regreso del indio

Ø  El valor de la unidad

Latin Percussion:

Ø  Cantata del adelantado Don Rodrigo Díaz de Carreras

Lead Vocals:

Ø  Bolero de los celos (one verse)

Ø  Educación sexual moderna (one verse)

Ø  El poeta y el eco (with Jorge Maronna)

Ø  El regreso del indio (ending)

Ø  El valor de la unidad (part)

Ø  La vidaeshermosa (part)

Ø  Los jóvenes de hoy en día (with Jorge Maronna)

Ø  Sólonecesitamos (with Jorge Maronna)

Ø  Unacanciónregia (with Jorge Maronna)

Maracas:

Ø  Cartas de color

Ø  La redención del vampiro

Piano:

Ø  Cantata del adelantado Don Rodrigo Díaz de Carreras (post-Acher versions)

Ø  La campanasuonerà

Ø  Las majas del bergantín ('81 and '86 versions)

Ø  Pepper Clemens sent the messenger: nevertheless the reverend left the herd (Ten step) (post-Acher versions)

Special Effects:

Ø  El asesinomisterioso (shoe-steps, screams)

Synthesizer:

Ø  A la playa con Mariana

Ø  Daniel y el Señor

Ø  El sendero de Warren Sánchez

Ø  Fly Airways

Ø  Fronteras de la ciencia

Ø  Homenaje a Huesito Williams

Ø  La hija de Escipión

Ø  La hora de la nostalgia

Ø  Serenataintimidatoria

Triangle:

Ø  El asesinomisterioso

Viola:

Ø  La princesacaprichosa