7″ single — En busca de una nueva flor (theme song of the XI World Festival of Youth and Students), Argelia Fragoso / Orquesta EGREM (Areíto 45-7053), jacket and disc

Name/Title

7″ single — En busca de una nueva flor (theme song of the XI World Festival of Youth and Students), Argelia Fragoso / Orquesta EGREM (Areíto 45-7053), jacket and disc

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.215

Description

A 7-inch (45 rpm) stereo single with its printed paper picture sleeve. Front sleeve: white ground with the festival emblem — a stylized flower of colored petals (red, yellow, green, blue) ringing a black-and-white globe/grid device — above the title "en busca de una nueva flor" in red; the Areíto logo lower right. Back sleeve: the song's full lyric at left (not reproduced here — see Research Notes), and at right the side-by-side credits, catalog/format line, and recording-studio line; a handwritten "Arús" across the top and a red ring stamp at upper right. Disc: black vinyl with a light-blue label printed with an allover "CUBA 78" and festival-emblem motif; Side B ("CARA B") shown; a handwritten "Arús" on the label.

Context

Music composed for the XI World Festival of Youth and Students. Title alludes to the festival flower logo, redesigned/modified in each iteration. In the LP collection of Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Audio Format

45 RPM Record

Recording Type

Music

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection, Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source (if not Accessioned)

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Album Detail

Contributors

Contributor

Tony Taño

Role

Director

Contributor

Fernando Acosta

Role

Soprano Saxophonist

Contributor

Frank Fernández

Role

Keyboard Player

Contributor

Vicente Rojas Salermo

Role

Orchestration

Contributor

Miguel Porcel

Role

Lyricist

Contributor

Ireno García

Role

Lyricist

Record Label

Areíto, EGREM

Release Date

1978

Place Recorded

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Language

Spanish

Album Artwork Description

Festival logo (a five-petal flower with a globe in the center) lies in the top left corner of the front cover. Underneath, the title, "en busca de una nueva flor," is written in bold red lettering. Areito's logo is printed in the bottom right corner.

Track Details

Title

En busca de una nueva flor

Track Contributors

Contributor

Argelia Fragoso

Role

Singer

Contributor

Miguel Porcel

Role

Composer

Contributor

Ireno García

Role

Lyricist

Language

Spanish

Title

En busca de una nueva flor (instrumental)

Track Contributors

Contributor

Fernando Acosta

Role

Sax soprano

Contributor

Frank Fernández

Role

Keyboards

Contributor

Miguel Porcel

Role

Composer

Instruments

Saxophone, Piano

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Note

Location

back of sleeve, vinyl

Transcription

Arús

Notes

This was the owner's last name.

Type

Inscription

Location

Back cover

Transcription

Canción tema del XI Festival EN BUSCA DE UNA NUEVA FLOR Si tu sed rompiendo las distancias se confunde andando con mi sed y tu aliento se alza hasta tocar el sol en busca de una nueva flor y si tu pecho vela mi descanso y mi andar desata tu canción y tu lucha se abriga en mi corazón en una sola voz: tendremos sueños que tejerle al mar la mansa estrella de la libertad y aquella flor que hay que encontrar, más allá donde el verso será la paz que crece Si tus manos vuelan con mis manos como mil gaviotas que al volar se reparten, viento, so, amor y pan seremos mil gaviotas más que vuelan sobre el mar

Language

Spanish

Translation

If your thirst breaking the distances walking is confused with my thirst and your breath rises to touch the sun looking for a new flower and if your chest watches over my rest and my walk unleashes your song and your fight is warm in my heart in one voice: we will have dreams to weave the meek star of liberty to the sea and that flower what to find beyond where the verse will be the peace that grows If your hands fly with my hands like a thousand seagulls that when flying they share, wind, so, love and bread we will be a thousand more seagulls that fly over the sea

Material/Technique

Printed

Notes

These lyrics are printed on the back cover of the record sleeve.

Notes

Front: festival flower-and-globe emblem; "en busca de una nueva flor"; Areíto logo. Back: "Canción tema del XI Festival"; the full song lyric (not transcribed); "CARA A: EN BUSCA DE UNA NUEVA FLOR (Canta: Argelia Fragoso) — Música: Miguel Porcel — Texto: Ireno García · Miguel Porcel"; "CARA B: EN BUSCA DE UNA NUEVA FLOR (Instrumental) — Autor: Miguel Porcel — Solista: Fernando Acosta (saxofón soprano), Frank Fernández (teclados)"; "ORQUESTA EGREM — Director: Tony Taño — Orquestación: Vicente Rojas"; "Productor: Germán Piniella — Técnico de Grabación: Jerzy Belc"; "ESTEREO 45—7053"; "Estudios de Grabaciones: Egrem, Habana, Cuba"; "impreso por lito-pleg"; handwritten owner's mark "Arús"; red ring stamp. Disc label: allover "CUBA 78" / festival-emblem print; "Producido y Distribuido por EGREM – Habana, Cuba"; "45 rpm"; "7053"; "CARA B"; "ESTEREO"; "Canción tema del XI Festival (Instrumental)"; "Orquesta EGREM / Dir. Tony Taño"; "En busca de una nueva flor"; "Autor: Miguel Porcel"; "Solistas: Fernando Acosta (saxofón soprano), Frank Fernández (teclados)"; "Orquestación: Vicente Rojas"; handwritten "Arús."

Parts

vinyl, cover

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Areíto

Notes

label

Person or Organization

EGREM

Notes

producer

Person or Organization

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

production, acquisition

Related Events

Event

XI International festival of Youth and Students

Research Notes

Notes

This is the official theme-song single of the XI World Festival of Youth and Students (Festival Mundial de la Juventud y los Estudiantes), held in Havana in 1978 — a major Soviet-bloc-aligned international youth gathering hosted by Cuba. The "CUBA 78" disc label and the festival's flower-and-globe emblem (echoed in the title "in search of a new flower") tie the record directly to the event. Produced by EGREM/Areíto, it documents Cuban state cultural production around a flagship international political-cultural occasion.

Created By

Hana Flamm

Create Date

April 15, 2022

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026