Caturla studied in Havana and in addition with Boulanger in Paris. He founded and carried out the Orquesta de Conciertos de Caibarién. Caturla’s compositions had been energetic concoctions of Afro-Cuban rhythms, damaged forms, uncommon chord mixtures, and unbalanced orchestrations. Although his history was white, he attemptedto synthesize the white and …
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