Biography

Francisco Cristancho
Real name: Francisco Cristancho Camargo
Colombian musician (trombone, guitar), composer (Iza, Boyacá, 27 Sept. 1905 - Bogotá, 9 Feb. 1977, also appears as Francisco Cristancho Camargo), father of Francisco Cristancho Hernández and Mauricio Cristancho H. -- songs he composed (bambuco, pasillos, torbellino styles): "Bacatá", "Torbellinos de mi tierra", "Pa’que me miró", "Tisquesusa", "Bachué", "Iza", "Tequendama, "Mi Chatica", "Bochica", "Guatavita", "Chía", "Santafereña", ...