Manuel Saumell

Cuban musician

Manuel Saumell Robredo (19 April 1818 – 14 August 1870), was a Cuban composer known for his invention and development of genuinely creolized forms of music. For this reason he gets the credit for being the first to cultivate Cuban musical nationalism, and is of similar standing to Glinka who initiated Russian musical nationalism with A Life for the Tsar at about the same time.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Contradanzas: El cataclismo
  • Contradanzas: La María
  • Contradanzas: La Matilde
  • Contradanzas: La Tedezco
  • Contradanzas: La caridad
  • Contradanzas: La niña bonita
  • Contradanzas: La piñata habanera
  • Contradanzas: La quejosita
  • Contradanzas: La suavecita
  • Contradanzas: Los chismes de Guanabacoa
  • Contradanzas: Los ojos de Pepa
  • Contradanzas: Luisiana
  • Contradanzas: Recuerdos tristes
  • Recuerdos de Gottschalk
  • Recuerdos tristes