María Cervantes (30 November 1885 – 8 February 1981) was a Cuban pianist, singer, and composer.[1][2]
Biography
editMaría Cervantes was born on 30 November 1885 in Havana. She learned music from her father Ignacio Cervantes Kawanag (1847–1905), [3][1] who was a well-known musician[4] and "one of the first to use native Cuban music in his compositions".[5][6][7] She also studied music from Gonzalo Nunez and Enriqueta Garcia.[8][1]
She made records in the United States.[1] She interpreted her father’s danzas,[9] which was composed for her but “he was never able to find the logic to finish it.”[10]
She was active as a musician until her death on 8 February 1981 in Havana.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Orovio, Helio (12 March 2004). Cuban Music from A to Z. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-822-33212-1. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Sublette, Ned (2007). Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-569-76420-6. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Sublette 2007, p. 387.
- ^ Carpentier, Alejo (2001). Music in Cuba. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-816-63229-9. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Ficher, Miguel (16 October 2002). Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-461-66911-1. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Olsen, Dale (17 December 2007). The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music. Oxon: Routledge. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-135-90008-3. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Smith, Joseph (1 January 2003). Tangos, milongas and other Latin-American dances: for solo piano. North Chelmsford, Massachusetts: Courier Corporation. p. iv. ISBN 978-0-486-42787-4. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Ficher 2002, p. 131.
- ^ Sublette 2007, p. 491.
- ^ Sublette 2007, p. 300.