Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (August 23, 1864 – October 22, 1935) was a Cuban composer and band conductor.
In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory notes to the
Cuban national anthem
"" (, ) is the national anthem of Cuba. It was first performed in 1868, during the . Perucho Figueredo, who took part in the battle, wrote and composed the song. The melody, also called "" (), was composed by Figueredo in 1867.
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. 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
Clemente Guillermo Gomez-Rodriguez (born January 25, 1939 in Havana, Cuba) is a former defense lawyer forced out of a 22-year-long legal criminal practice career in Cuba as punishment after his release from prison Combinado del Este for trying to ...
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References
''Sucesivas Ediciones y Extranjerismos Introducidos en el Himno'', Diario de la Marina, November 11, 1954 article
1864 births
1935 deaths
Cuban composers
Male composers
National anthem writers
Cuban male musicians
People from Spanish Cuba
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