Ignacio Cervantes: 40 Cuban Danzas for the Solo Flutist (Ignacio Cervantes Cuban Danzas Instrumental Music Book Series)

This book presents the 40 Cuban dances for solo flute transcribed, edited and performed by the Cuban flutist-American, Maestro Bobby Ramirez.The 40 Cuban dances are works originally composed masterworks for solo piano by Cervantes during the second period of the 19th century. The musicologist Alejo Carpentier in his book Music in Cuba said: “Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh was the most important of the 19th century.”Cervantes composed music for symphony, theatre, for chamber ensemble, singing and piano, and for solo piano. Manuel Saumell and Ignacio Cervantes are the fathers of 19th century Cuban nationalism.The Contradances of Manuel Saumell Robredo represent the Creole classicism of Cuban music. The Danzas of Ignacio Cervantes represent Creoleism romantic of Cuban music.Musical genres such as contradanza habanera, danzón, changui and course the Cuban dances of Cervantes are the synthesis of Cuban music of the 19th century and the starting point of Cuban popular music in the 20th Century.Cervantes' Cuban danzas were recorded on flute by Maestro Bobby Ramirez; they can be heard on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Spotify, and all music platforms. Read more