Laureano Fuentes Matons (

Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains t ...

, 3 July 1825 – 30 September 1898) came from a family of musicians and wrote the first opera to be composed on the island, ''La hija de Jefe'' (The Chief's daughter). This was later lengthened and staged under the title ''Seila''. His numerous works spanned all genres. Wrote ''Las artes en Santiago de Cuba'' (1893) in which a transcription of "Son de Ma Teodora" (purportedly composed in the 16th century) is given. An extended assessment of his work is given by

Alejo Carpentier Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (, ; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French an ...

.Carpentier, Alejo (2001)

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''Music in Cuba''. Minneapolis, MN. p. 235 et seq. Fuentes studied under

Juan París Juan París (Barcelona, 1759 – Santiago de Cuba, 10 July 1845) was a priest and composer in Spanish Cuba. He followed Esteban Salas y Castro in the Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba. His election as ''Maestro de Capilla'' (choirmaster), after th ...

, and mastered the violin from a young age. His son was Laureano Fuentes Pérez, a famous pianist and composer.

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