Virginia Fleites

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Virginia Fleites (born July 10, 1916 in Melena del Sur , † March 1, 1966 in Miami , Florida , United States ) was a Cuban composer and music teacher.

Life

Fleites studied composition with Amadeo Roldán and José Ardévol and taught at the Conservatorio Municipal in Havana. Her students included u. a. Natalio Galán . She was one of the founding members of the Grupo de Renovación Musical . She later moved to the USA.

Works

  • 1941: Invenciones
  • 1942: Dos sonatas
  • 1943: Fugas
  • 1943: Pequeña suite para piano
  • 1944: Sonata para cello y piano

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Otto Mayer-Serra: Música y músicos de Latinoamérica , Volume 1, 1947, p. 384
  2. ↑ http://www.ecured.cu/Virginia_Fleites
  3. ^ José Ardévol: correspondencia cruzada. Editorial Letras Cubanas, 2004, p. 52
  4. ↑ José López-Calo, Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta: Faura-Guataca (Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana, Volume 5). SGAE, 1999, p. 159
personal data
SURNAME Fleites, Virginia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Melena del Sur
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1966
Place of death Miami , Florida , United States