Hilario González
Hilario González (January 24, 1920, Havana – October 3, 1999, Havana) was a Cuban composer, musicologist, pianist, music educator, and film and performing arts critic.
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Hilario González
- Born
- 1920 · Havana.
- Died
- 1999 · Havana.
- Nationality
- Cuba
- Occupation
- composer · pianist · music educator · musicologist
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He was a musicologist at the National Museum of Music in Havana from its founding in 1971 until his death in 1999. He was considered an authority on the composers Esteban Salas y Castro, Alejandro García Caturla, and Amadeo Roldán; all of whom he published scholarly works on. His compositions include the ballet Antes del Alba (1945); the piano works Dos danzas afrocubanas (1938), Tres preludios en conga (1938), Paqueña suite (1941), and Sonata in A (1942); multiple song cycles; choral works; orchestral pieces, such as Concertino in D (1944) and Concerto in E♭ for piano and orchestra (1946); chamber music; and art songs
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