Guillermo Venegas Lloveras, William to many, was born in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico on October 12, 1915; he was the second child of Rafael Venegas Oliviera and Maria Lloveras Soler.

The Venegas Lloveras household was typical middle class; both mother and father were hard working loving parents.

Guillermo only had formal, unsuccesful, schooling until he was 13 years old, when he was ejected from school for good. It seems that he was never a good student and was frequently in trouble with his teachers because he questioned their knowledge of the facts with to much "energy".

Because of his constant reading of history, philosophy and poetry, music, it seems that he knew too much for the level of teaching he was receiving and school bored him; he never went back to school.

Guillermo started studying music by about age 10, as stated above, and never ended.

Guillermo studied music extensively on his own, becoming thoroughly familiar with the works of many classical and popular music composers, as he had a photographic memory for music.

Perhaps what Pablo Casals meant by "without study" was "without study at a conservatory" or the like.

Guillermo himself always said that he created music intuitively and that melodies would simply "pop up" in his head without even thinking or trying to compose.

In 1946, already successful as a composer, although not economically, Guillermo was awarded a special scholarship to study music at Mexico; he was in Mexico a short time.

After a short stay at Mexico's Conservatorio Nacional de Musica, he quit because, as he himself said, he knew more about music than the teachers. He also commented that the teachers there were critical of his style.

Guillermo composed music during a very long time; as a matter of fact he wrote music from about 1925 to 1993, 68 years in 8 decades; certainly few composers have have had such productive life; his last work was written when hospitalized just prior to his death.

This work was handed to a musician friend, Mandy Visozo by Guillermo and is a homage to Spain; Guillermo composed boleros, waltzes, tangos, marches or danzas.

In his youth he dedicated his time to popular music and art songs, as composer, guitar player and singer.

In the later years of life the music of Guillermo was in general (with some exceptions) classical in nature.

Highlights of his later years were the recordings that were made and concerts of his music at Puerto Rico's major concert theaters, the Centro De Bellas Artes and the theater of the University of Puerto Rico and a television special of his music.

Guillermo was, too, an accomplished poet, author, thinker and newspaper column writer.

He authored books such as Flor De Intermezzo (poems), Las Mil Cara Del Amor (poems), La Luna De Puerto Rico, Ella y Yo (poems) Asi Hablara Jesus (philosophical essay) and MARZO (philosophical novel).

Guillermo was also a painter: the painting below (El Mar) was among his firts, painted about 1955 and given as a gift to aunt Lela (Ana Elisa Lloveras); this painting hung at Lela's home until 1999.