María Enma Botet Dubois was a Cuban pianist, composer and music educator. She was born in Matanzas

Matanzas

Matanzas is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. It is famed for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore.It is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas , east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero.Matanzas is called the...

 and studied music with Hubert de Blanck

Hubert de Blanck

Hubertus Christiaan de Blanck was a Dutch-born professor, pianist, and composer who spent the better part of his life in Cuba....

 and Joaquin Nin

Joaquin Nin

Joaquín Nin y Castellanos was a Spanish-Cuban pianist and composer.-Biography:Nin studied piano with Moritz Moszkowski and composition at the Schola Cantorum . He toured as a pianist and was known as a composer and arranger of popular Spanish folk music...

. After completing her studies, she taught music at the Hubert de Blanck Conservatory and the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory in Havana. She died in Miami.

Works

María Botet composed choral and piano works and pieces for voice and piano, including sones, guarachas, habaneras, rumbas, criollas, guajirs, pregons and boleros. Selected works include:

• Suite Cubana for piano
• Pequeno Son
• Dancitas de Ayer
• Era una guajirita
• Cancion de guajiro
• De dos en dos (contradanza)
• Las goticas de lluven bailan el bolero
• Bailamos (Habanera)
• Caserita se va el dulcero
• La cajita de musica toca una criolla
• Diablito Carnavalesco