Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer

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name=Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer


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birth_date=23 August 1864
birth_place=Havana, Cuba
death_date=22 October 1935
death_place=Havana, Cuba

Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (August 23, 1864 in Havana, Cuba – October 22, 1935 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban composer and band conductor.

In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem. He was a professor of music and conducted choirs and bands. Besides composing music for bands, he composed two symphonies, "Preludio Tematico" and "Fantasia", and a series of "Danzas Cubanas" for piano. In 1918, he was awarded the prize for music by the National Academy of Arts and Letters. His nephew, Jorge Gustavo Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez (1889-1966) was also a composer/musician and his great-grandnephew is the writer/lawyer Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez.

References

* [http://www.dropby.com/indexLF.html?content=/VillaDeGuines/himno/p13.html "Sucesivas Ediciones y Extranjerismos Introducidos en el Himno", Diario de la Marina, November 11, 1954 article] es icon
* [http://www.nacion.cult.cu/en/arf.htm Symbols of the Cuban Nation article] es icon
* [http://www.nacion.cult.cu/en/sobrehimno.htm Symbols of the Cuban Nation article] es icon