COMPOSER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernesto Lecuona has received more than 272,040 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ernesto Lecuona is the 636th most popular composer (down from 578th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 636 out of 1,451. Before him are Orlando Gibbons, Stephen Foster, Diego Ortiz, Myroslav Skoryk, Domenico Dragonetti, and Eduardo di Capua. After him are Alfred Newman, Jean Françaix, Franz Waxman, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Joseph Leopold Eybler, and Jean-François Dandrieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 117. Before him are René Mayer, Rolf Nevanlinna, Ernst Kantorowicz, Bertil Lindblad, Tomoji Tanabe, and Pan Yuliang. After him are Isamu Chō, Robert Heinrich Wagner, Paul Giesler, Walter Gieseking, Susanne Langer, and Trifko Grabež. Among people deceased in 1963, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 77. Before him are Ernst Kantorowicz, Rahul Sankrityayan, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Richard Kohn, Robert Stroud, and Edith Hamilton. After him are Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ernst Marischka, Alfred Wünnenberg, Sophus Nielsen, Adolphe Menjou, and Marie Marvingt.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Ernesto Lecuona ranks 45 out of 300. Before him are Ana de Armas (1988), Carlos Puebla (1917), Leo Brouwer (1939), Bebo Valdés (1918), José-Maria de Heredia (1842), and Rita Marley (1946). After him are Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), Carlos Finlay (1833), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), Rubén González (1919), Steven Bauer (1956), and Silvio Rodríguez (1946).

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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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