Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes
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Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes (Havana
, 3 April 1874 – 7 September 1944) was a Cuban composer, and an author of books on the history of Cuban folk music.
The outstanding habanera
Tú, written when he was sixteen, was his best-known composition. As an adult, he composed the scores for the opera Yumurí, the ballet Dioné, the oratorio Navidad and the cantata Anacaona.
His writings are still charming and informative today, though their standing has suffered from an accurate criticism by later musicologists. They realized that he had systematically underestimated the contribution of the Africans in Cuba. He insisted, instead, on the supposed contribution of Cuba's original aboriginal population, which was subsequently disproved.
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, 3 April 1874 – 7 September 1944) was a Cuban composer, and an author of books on the history of Cuban folk music.
The outstanding habanera
Habanera (music)
The habanera is a genre of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century. It is a creolized form which developed from the contradanza. It has a characteristic "Habanera rhythm", and is performed with sung lyrics...
Tú, written when he was sixteen, was his best-known composition. As an adult, he composed the scores for the opera Yumurí, the ballet Dioné, the oratorio Navidad and the cantata Anacaona.
His writings are still charming and informative today, though their standing has suffered from an accurate criticism by later musicologists. They realized that he had systematically underestimated the contribution of the Africans in Cuba. He insisted, instead, on the supposed contribution of Cuba's original aboriginal population, which was subsequently disproved.
- "It is a shame that a succession of errors should have spoilt the greatest work of a man who had carried his musicianship for almost half a century with rare dignity."
His books
- El folklore en la música cubana
- Cuba y sus músicos
- Influencía de los ritmos africanos en nuestro cancionero
- La contradanza y la habanera
- Ignacio Cervantes
- Consideraciones sobre la música cubana
- Viejos ritmos cubanos
- La última firma de Brindis de Sala
- La música aborigen de América
- Foklorismo