Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.habanera ''Tú'', written when he was sixteen, was his best-known composition. As an adult, he composed the scores for the opera ''Yumurí'', the ballet ''Dioné'', the oratorio ''Navidad'' and the cantata ''Anacaona''.
His writings are still charming and informative today, though their standing has suffered from an accurate criticism by later musicologists. They realized that he had systematically underestimated the contribution of the Africans in Cuba. He insisted, instead, on the supposed contribution of Cuba's original aboriginal population, which was subsequently disproved.
:"It is a shame that a succession of errors should have spoilt the greatest work of a man who had carried his musicianship for almost half a century with rare dignity. Because in the end...Sanchez de Fuentes will remain, above all, a composer of habaneras and songs. In a hundred years his Cuban melodies will occupy a place of honor in our traditions..."Carpentier, Alejo 2001
945
Year 945 (Roman numerals, CMXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* January 27 – The co-emperors Stephen Lekapenos, Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, Constantine a ...
''Music in Cuba''. Minneapolis MN. p254 (this comment by Carpentier applies to the books and also to some of the musical works)
Bibliography
*''El folklore en la música cubana''
*''Cuba y sus músicos''
*''Influencia de los ritmos africanos en nuestro cancionero''
*''La contradanza y la habanera''
*''Ignacio Cervantes''
*''Consideraciones sobre la música cubana''
*''Viejos ritmos cubanos''
*''La última firma de Brindis de Sala''
*''La música aborigen de América''
*''Foklorismo''