Bienvenido Fabián

Bienvenido Fabian (March 20, 1920 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic – November 23, 2000 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) was a composer from the Dominican Republic during the era of the dictator Rafael Trujillo.

Don Fabian composed famous ballads and Afro-Cuban music such as "Dos Alma" and "Tuya, Y Mas Que Tuya" made famous by the combo orchestra La Sonora Matancera and Celia Cruz throughout the 1950s and 1970s. Many compare the collaboration of the group La Sonora Matancera & Celia Cruz with Fabian to the likes of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Fabian's compositions appear in albums such as

 * Isidoro Flores y su conjunto – La Sabrosona (1960)
 * Boogaloo Combo – Com Muito Ritmo (1972)
 * La Sonora Matancera

Songs composed by Fabian

 * Goza Negra
 * Mi noche fatal
 * Besarte,
 * Di que no,
 * Lo que te pido,
 * Condena,
 * De que color son tus ojos,
 * Quien si no tú,
 * Al fin te fuiste