Def Leppard - Love And Affection

LECUONA (Lecuona) Ernesto (7th VIII 1896, Guanabacoa, Cuba - 29th XI 1963, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) - Cuban. composer. In childhood, he studied playing the fp. In 1913 he graduated from Nat. Conservatory in Havana. He toured as a pianist in the countries of the North. America, in Spain and France, performing plays of their own. essays. In South. America and West Europe was successfully performed by the Cuban Orchestra of Light Music, organized by L. (Lecuona Cuban Boys). Especially popular were L.'s songs, written, as a rule, on a folklore basis (“Seller of fruits”, “Konga leaves”, “Sibonei”, etc.). Among his op. large form - "Negro Rhapsody" for orchestra (1943), dance. suite for fp., stylized in the spirit of the Afro-Cuban folk. music.