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Lecuona, Ernesto 1896 - 1963

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  • Author: Higuchi, Ai

  • Last updated:October 1, 2007
  • Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

    Born in Guanabacoa, near Havana, in 1896, he was a composer, pianist, and bandleader. He gave his first public performance as a pianist at the age of five. In 1910, he enrolled in the National Conservatory of Music in Havana, where he studied composition under Joaquín Nin. He debuted in New York in 1916. While settling in the United States, he formed the band "Lecuona Cuban Boys" and achieved success touring from the United States to South America and Europe.

    He left behind numerous works across a wide range of genres, including not only classical music but also shows, musicals, and film scores. Regarding his style, while the influence of 19th-century French modernism, particularly Fauré, can be observed in his salon pieces, his piano suites incorporating Cuban folk music show a resemblance to the style of the Spanish composer Albéniz.

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    Works(64)

    Concerto (1)

    Works with orchestral accompaniment (4)

    Rapsodia nigra

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    Rapsodia Argentina

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    Rapsodia Cubana (on Cuban Airs)

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    Rumba-Rhapsody

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    Piano Solo (6)

    pieces (9)

    Piezas Caracteristicas

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    3 Miniatures

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    Danzas Afro-Cubanas

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    7 Danzas Cubanas Tipicas

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    Danzas Cubanas

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    19th-Century Cuban Dances

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    Music for Zarzuela

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    suite (2)

    Suite espanol "Andalusia"

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    polka (1)

    Polka de las Enanos

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    waltz (13)

    Aragon (Vals Espana)

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    Vals Del Sena

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    Vals de los Mares

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    Valses Fantasticos

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    Vals del Nilo

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    Vals Gitano

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    Vals de Danubio

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    Vals de la Mariposa

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    Album de Valses

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    Vals Rosa

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    Vals del Rhin

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    Vals de Pierrot

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    transcription (1)

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    Various works (34)

    Ante El Escorial

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    Zambra Gitana

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    Aragonesa

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    Granada

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    Zambra

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    San Francisco El Grande

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    Canto Siboney

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    Noche Azul

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    Adios a las Trincheras (One-Step)

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    Cuba y America (March and Two-Step)

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    Black Cat (One-Step)

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    Cuba at Arms (One-Step)

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    Crisantemo (Chrysanthemum)

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    Locura

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    Barba-Azul

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    Ojos Triunfadores

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    Besame

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    Sonaba Contigo

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    Voila

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    Quasi Bolero

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    Echate pa'alla, Maria

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    Gardenia

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    Porcelana China (Danza de Munecos)

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    Noche de Estrellas

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    Yo te Quiero Siempre

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    Amorosa

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    Futurista

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    A Media Noche

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    Parisiana

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    Musetta

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    Broken Blossoms

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    Noches de Primavera

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    Carnival in Costa Rica : Pasa Calle and Java

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