Tag Archives: 1910s – 1940s

This talented Cuban composer-pianist-musicologist was crucial to the preservation of early Spanish music. Nin constructed only a humble number of first works, mostly tracks. Nevertheless, he edited a number of important amounts of outdated Spanish music, especially through the Spanish Baroque. An extremely dedicated musician, he was embellished with high …

The entire name of the Cuban performer, bandleader and instrument builder from the first 20th century inspires some sort of pretentious fantasy. A herald stands atop a glittering balustrade and announces: “Girls and gentlemen, Jose Orlundo de Buenaventura Ajo!” After that there is certainly music — performed on an body …

Romeu Silva and his orchestra were a significant chapter from the internationalization of Brazilian music from 1925 to 1940. At 18, Silva became among the 1st members from the orchestra from the Rancho Ameno Resedá. In 1911, he was an associate from the orchestra from the Sociedade Dançante Carnavalesca Ninho …

Who owns a good and prolific music portfolio, Custódio Mesquita wrote music that was recorded by the best performers of his time. Being a pianist, he was Carmen Miranda’s preferred accompanist and proved helpful in several r / c. Mesquita also composed soundtracks for operettas and has, and acquired a …