Olga de Blanck
Olga de Blanck y Martín (born March 11, 1916 in Havana ; † July 28, 1998 there ) was a Cuban music teacher and composer. She was the daughter of the Cuban pianist of Dutch descent Hubert de Blanck and Pilar Martín.
Olga de Blanck studied in her hometown at the conservatory founded by her father and privately with Amadeo Roldán from 1935 to 1936 , from 1937 to 1938 with Pedro Sanjuán (1887–1976), from 1938 with Walter Burle Marx (1902–1990) in New York counterpoint and fugue and from 1943 to 1944 with Julián Carrillo and Carlos Jiménez Mabarak (1916–1994) in Mexico. From 1949 she was deputy director at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Havana and together with Gisela Hernández Gonzalo took up a very important educational activity for Cuba. In 1955 she became the director of the conservatory. Olga de Blanck published a number of music pedagogical works. She composed the musical comedies Vivimos hoy (Habana, 1942), Hotel Tropical (ibid 1943), Rendez-vous de tre (ibid 1943) and Cuento de Navidad (ibid 1944), ballet music ( Esperancita , 1964), Cantata guajira for solos, mixed choir and orchestra (1967) and numerous songs.
literature
- Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. De Blanck, Olga. 12th completely revised edition. 4th Supplementary Volume Person Part A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 263 f . (First edition: 1882).
Web links
- Olga de Blanck in the Cuban online encyclopedia EcuRed
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blanck, Olga de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blanck y Martín, Olga de (full name); Blanck Martín, Olga de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1998 |
| Place of death | Havana |