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Ernesto Lecuona

1895 - 1963

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Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnesto leˈkwona]; August 7, 1895 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as well as pieces for piano and symphonic orchestra. In the 1930s, he helped establish a popular band, the Lecuona Cuban Boys, which showcased some of his most successful pieces and was later taken over by Armando Oréfiche. In the 1950s, Lecuona recorded several LPs, including solo piano albums for RCA Victor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernesto Lecuona is the 648th most popular composer (down from 636th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 45th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 648 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Friedrich Agricola, Antoine Forqueray, Hermann Levi, Veljo Tormis, Oskar Nedbal, and Ludwig Thuille. After him are Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Karol Lipiński, Basil Poledouris, Spyridon Samaras, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, and Herms Niel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 118. Before him are Rolf Nevanlinna, Paul Giesler, Carl Lutz, Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Jacques Brugnon, and Liaquat Ali Khan. After him are Iona Nikitchenko, Ernst Kantorowicz, Bertil Lindblad, Robert Heinrich Wagner, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, and Alfred Neuland. Among people deceased in 1963, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 77. Before him are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Dinah Washington, Ernst Marischka, Gustave Garrigou, Richard Kohn, and Jacques Villon. After him are Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Ernst Kantorowicz, Henri Masson, Jacob Gade, Adrian Carton de Wiart, and Alfred Wünnenberg.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 49 out of 300. Before him are Pérez Prado (1916), Carlos Finlay (1833), Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), and Juan García Rodríguez (1948). After him are José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Juanita Castro (1933), Bebo Valdés (1918), Arnaldo Ochoa (1930), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), and Camila Cabello (1997).

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Among COMPOSERS In Cuba

Among composers born in Cuba, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 2. Before him are Leo Brouwer (1939). After him are Cachao (1918).

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