Amadeo Roldan

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Amadeo Roldan

Amadeo Roldán y Gardes (born July 12, 1900 in Paris , † March 7, 1939 in Havana ) was a Cuban composer and violinist.

Roldán studied music theory and violin at the Madrid Conservatory until 1916 and took private composition lessons with Conrado del Campo . In 1919 he went to Havana , where he was a student of Pedro Sanjuán and music director. In 1932 he became conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de La Habana . In 1927 he founded the Havana String Quartet and in 1931 the Escuela national de musica . He also taught harmony and composition at the Conservatorio Municipal de La Habana , whose director he became in 1936, and he also organized the Conciertos de Música Nueva .

Roldán is considered one of the most important Cuban composers of the 1920s and 1930s and the most important exponent of Afrocubanismo , a musical genre that combined the rhythm and instrumentation of African and Cuban music with Western European musical tradition. His best-known work was the ballet La Rebambaramba based on a libretto by Alejo Carpentier , which was also performed with great success in Berlin, Budapest, Los Angeles, Mexico and Bogotá.

At the documenta 8 in Kassel in 1987 , recordings of him were presented as an official contribution to the exhibition as part of the "Archeology of Acoustic Art 1: Radiofonia Futurista".

Works

  • 3 Pequeñas poemas for orchestra, 1926
  • A Chango for four guitars, 1928
  • 2 Canciones populares for cello and piano, 1928
  • Danza negra for vocals, two clarinets, two violas and percussion
  • La remabaramba , ballet, 1928
  • El milagro de Anaquillé , ballet, 1929
  • Llamada, para despertar a Papa Montero for clarinet, two violins, two violas and timpani
  • Rítmica, no.1 for woodwinds and piano, 1930
  • Rítmica, no. 5; Tiempo de son for percussion ensemble, 1930
  • Rítmica, no.6. Tiempo de rhumba for percussion ensemble , 1930
  • Motivos de son for high voice and orchestra, 1934
  • 2 Piezas infantiles for piano, 1937
  • Poema negra , string quartet, 1939

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SURNAME Roldan, Amadeo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roldán y Gardes, Amadeo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1939
Place of death Havana