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LOCAL Tuesday 22 March 2022

Documentary “Music is my life” of Mr. Rufo Wever

ORANJESTAD - On the eve of the Nation- until it became the Nation- that bears his name should
al Anthem and Flag celebrations, we re- al Anthem of Aruba. inspire the younger gener-
member one of the co-composers of the ations.
“Aruba Dushi Tera” national anthem, as Documentary “Music is my
well as a well-accomplished musician, Mr. life” of Mr. Rufo Wever The documentary “Music
Rufo Wever. It was with the initiative of is my life” airs on March
Rufo Wever’s family, that 17, 2022, on Nos Isla TV on
The documentary “Music is my life”, expos- Mrs. Vivian Wever and Mr. channel 23 and Diario TV
es Rufo’s passion for music, his patriotism, Norman Thijsen of Sky Tele- on channel 48, starting at
and all his efforts to document the music vision decided to produce 7:00 pm.
of many local musicians. the documentary “Music is
my life” The Minister of Culture, Xio-
Rufo was a well-accomplished musician mara Maduro, is grateful to
Over the years, Aruba had many talented This production will make it the Wever family, Sky Tele-
musicians, and Mr. Rufo was one of the top possible to remember Rufo vision and everyone who
all-around musicians. He mastered many Wever as an all-around made this production a
musical instruments and was a compos- musician. The music school reality.q
er, arranger, and author of many music
sheets. His gift made him stand out above
many other musicians of his time. Thanks to
Rufo Wever, we now have music sheets of
many typical songs of Aruba since it was
his passion to document other musicians'
work. Rufo also wrote music sheets for the
Caha di Orgel and the New Year Dande.
ations of Rufo. He was also co-composer
Rufo’s love for Aruba was enormous of "Aruba Dushi Tera". Together with musi-
Many of his songs had Aruba in their title. cians like Padu Lampe and Lio Booi, Rufo
Arubanita, is one of the best-known cre- showcased the popular Aruba Dushi Tera