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Marta Cuervo (b. Havana,
Marta Cuervo (b. Havana, Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
) was a Cuban guitarist and professor.
Academic formation
Marta Cuervo studiedguitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...
and musical theory at the Havana Municipal Conservatory. She was a disciple of guitarist Isaac Nicola
Isaac Nicola Romero (11 April 1916 in Havana, Cuba – 14 July 1997) was a Cuban guitarist and one of the founders of the modern Cuban Guitar School. He was also brother of Clara (Cuqui) Nicola.
Academic formation
Isaac Nicola began studying ...
.Giro, Radamés. Leo Brouwer y la guitarra en Cuba. Editorial Letras cubanas. La Habana, Cuba, 1986. P.56.
Work
Marta Cuervo closely collaborated withIsaac Nicola
Isaac Nicola Romero (11 April 1916 in Havana, Cuba – 14 July 1997) was a Cuban guitarist and one of the founders of the modern Cuban Guitar School. He was also brother of Clara (Cuqui) Nicola.
Academic formation
Isaac Nicola began studying ...
and other guitarists such as Clara (Cuqui) Nicola, Marianela Bonet and Leopoldina Nuñez in the implementation of a unified method for all the music schools in Cuba, after de 1959 Revolution. She encouraged her own guitar students, such as Armando Rodriguez Ruidiaz, to compose and transcribe music for the instrument thus contributing to the development of a national pedagogic system and repertoire.
Among Marta Cuervo's many disciples we can mention guitarists Edel Muñoz, Joaquín Clerch
Joaquín Clerch (born 1965 in Havana, Cuba) is a classical guitarist and composer. He was a close friend and protégé of Cuban guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer. Clerch's composition ''Yemaya'' won first prize in both the 1987 National Cuban Co ...
, Aldo Rodríguez, Sergio García Marruz and Fernando Mariña (Mexican guitarist that studied in Cuba between 1986 and 1997), among others.
See also
* Classical Guitar in Cuba *Music of Cuba
The music of Cuba, including its instruments, performance, and dance, comprises a large set of unique traditions influenced mostly by west African and European (especially Spanish) music. Due to the syncretic nature of most of its genres, Cuban ...
References
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