Nicolás Ruiz Espadero
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Nicolás Ruiz Espadero (February 15, 1832 in Havanna; died August 30, 1890) was a Cuban composer, pianist, and pedagogue.
Espadero was taught music by his mother and showed compositional talent from a very early age. His later teachers included Julian Fontana, Juan Miro and Fernando Arizti. His works were popular in Spain and Cuba, and his pupils included Gaspar Villate and Ignacio Cervantes.[1]
Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Espadero were mutual influences on each other.[2] [3] Espadero transcribed and edited several of Gottschalk's pieces.[1] Espadero's works are solidly Romantic in style, and are often nationalistic in character. He was published in Cuba, France, Spain, Germany, and the United States.
[edit] Web sources
- ^ a b Victoria Eli Rodriguez, "Nicolás Ruiz Espadero". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London, Macmillan, 2001
- ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians By Stanley Sadie:pg 85
- ^ Jazz Planet By E. Taylor Atkins: pg 4
