Research Catalog

Title

Hika and the young composer / Brouwer.

Author

Brouwer, Leo, 1939-

Publication

• [Leeuwarden] : Brilliant Classics, [2018]
• ©2018, ℗2018

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Additional Authors

• Zigante, Frédéric
• Brouwer, Leo, 1939-

Description

1 audio disc (55 min.) : CD audio; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Leo Brouwer (1939) is by far Cuba's best known composer. A composer, guitarist, percussionist, conductor, teacher and cultural promotor he is one of the most important and influential musical figures of Latin-America. Brouwer's grandfather was a Franco-Dutch adventurer, while his mother's uncle was the famous composer Ernesto Lecuona. Brouwer studied at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York with Persichetti and Stefan Wolpe. In 1961 he returned to his native Cuba, to become a professional guitarist and composer. His works have entered the standard repertoire of the modern guitarist, played and enjoyed all over the world. This new recording includes the Hika, a piece written in memoriam Toru Takemitsu, a close friend of his. The other works are from Brouwer's "early period": the complete "20 Estudios Sencillos" (a Latin-American answer to Bartók's Mikrokosmos), a Danza Caracteristca, Elogio de la Danza, and Tres Apuntes, all written in Brouwer's unique fusion of Folk Music and 20th century Avant-Garde.

Alternative Title

Brouwer : Hika and the young composer

Subject

• Guitar music
• Canons, fugues, etc. (Guitar)

Genre/Form

• Art music.
• Concert etudes.
• Fugues.

Note

• Title from disc label.
• Program notes and biographical notes on the performer in Italian and English (12 pages : portraits) inserted in container.

Contents

Hika : In Memoriam Toru Takemitsu (6:27) -- Tres apuntes. Del "homenaje a falla" ; De un fragmento instrumental ; Sobre un canto de Bulgaria (5:33) -- Fuga n. 1 (2:34) -- 20 Estudios sencillos (32:00) -- Elogio de la danza (6:06) -- Danza característica (2:19).

LCCN

5028421958385

OCLC

• on1089756616
• 1089756616

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries