Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Cuban musician
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About Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer
- Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (August 23, 1864 in Havana, Cuba – October 22, 1935 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban composer and band conductor. 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.
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