Composer
Ernesto Lecuona
Cuban composer (1896-1963)
1896–1963
226 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1896
- Died
- 1963
- Birthplace
- Guanabacoa
- Place of death
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Citizenship / historical state
- Spain
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnesto leˈkwona]; August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as well as pieces for piano and symphonic orchestra.
In the 1930s, he helped establish a popular band, the Lecuona Cuban Boys, which showcased some of his most successful pieces and was later taken over by Armando Oréfiche. In the 1950s, Lecuona recorded several LPs, including solo piano albums for RCA Victor. He moved to the United States after the 1959 Cuban Revolution, and died in Spain in 1963.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- pianist; composer; songwriter; film score composer; actor; artist
- Recorded memberships
- Lecuona Cuban Boys
- Instruments played
- piano
- Genres
- opera
- Birth name
- Ernesto Sixto de la Asunción Lecuona Casado
- Pseudonym
- The Gershwin of Cuba; Lenva
- Native languages
- Spanish
- Languages used
- Spanish
- VIAF ID
- 56796772
- ISNI
- 0000000081360825
- GND ID
- 119443732
- Library of Congress ID
- n83005088
- MusicBrainz ID
- e3d50ece-9931-4ecf-88f1-8fa5295b6829
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Guitar, percussion, Saxophone, Voice
- Genres represented
- Classical, pop, Jazz, Latin
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 5 of 5
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 56796772. Portrait: self-scanned; photographer not known, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.