Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer

Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (August 23, 1864 – October 22, 1935) was a Cuban composer and band conductor.

Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer
Born	23 August 1864 Havana, Cuba
Died	22 October 1935 (aged 71) Havana, Cuba

In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem. He was a professor of music and conducted choirs and bands. Besides composing music for bands, he composed two symphonies, Preludio Tematico and Fantasia, and a series of Danzas Cubanas for piano. In 1918, he was awarded the prize for music by the National Academy of Arts and Letters. His nephew, Jorge Gustavo Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez (1889–1966) was also a composer/musician and his great-grandnephew is the writer/lawyer Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez.

References

• Sucesivas Ediciones y Extranjerismos Introducidos en el Himno, Diario de la Marina, November 11, 1954 article(in Spanish)
• Symbols of the Cuban Nation article Archived 2016-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Symbols of the Cuban Nation article Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)