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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morel and the second or maternal family name is Campos.

Puerto Rican composer (1857–1896)

This article is about the composer.

For his statue, see Juan Morel Campos (statue).

Musical artist

Juan Morel Campos (16 May 1857 – 12 May 1896), sometimes erroneously spelled Juan Morell Campos, was a Puerto Rican composer, considered by many to be responsible for taking the genre of danza to its highest level.

He composed over 550 musical works before he died unexpectedly at age 38.^[1]

Early years

Morel Campos (full name: Juan Nepomuceno Morel Campos^[2]) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Manuel Morel Araujo, from the Dominican Republic, and Juana de Dios Campos Collazo, from Venezuela.^[3][4] He began to study music at the young age of eight in his hometown under the guidance of Antonio Egipciaco.^[5] Morel Campos was a student of Pue