Leo Brouwer
Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida (born March 1, 1939) in Havana, is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist .
As a child, Brouwer received his initial stimulus from his father, a physician, who was an aficionado of Villa-Lobos, Tarrega and Granados. He initiated his son encouraging him to play these composers' works, mostly by ear.
Young Brouwer received his first formal guitar instruction from the noted Cuban guitarist and pedagogue Isaac Nicola, in turn a disciple of Emilio Pujol. Afterwards, Brouwer went to the United States to study music at the Hartt College of Music of the University of Hartford, and later at the Juilliard School, where he studied under Vincent Persichetti and took composition classes with Stefan Wolpe.
Brouwer's early works show the influence of Cuban folk music, but during the 1960s and 70s, he became interested in the music of modernist composers such as Luigi Nono and Iannis Xenakis, using indeterminacy in works such as Sonograma I. Other works from this period include the guitar pieces Canticum (1968), La espiral eterna (1971), Parabola (1973) and Tarantos (1974). More recently, Brouwer's works have started leaning towards tonality and modality. The solo guitar works El Decameron Negro (1981) the Sonata (1990; for Julian Bream) and Paisaje cubano con campanas (1986) exemplify this tendency.
Among his works are a large number of solo guitar pieces, several guitar concertos and over forty film scores. Leo Brouwer is involved in the "Concurso y Festival Internacional de Guitarra de la Habana" (International Guitar Festival of the Havana). He travels often to attend guitar festivals throughout the world, and especially to other Latin American countries.
As a child, Brouwer received his initial stimulus from his father, a physician, who was an aficionado of Villa-Lobos, Tarrega and Granados. He initiated his son encouraging him to play these composers' works, mostly by ear.
Young Brouwer received his first formal guitar instruction from the noted Cuban guitarist and pedagogue Isaac Nicola, in turn a disciple of Emilio Pujol. Afterwards, Brouwer went to the United States to study music at the Hartt College of Music of the University of Hartford, and later at the Juilliard School, where he studied under Vincent Persichetti and took composition classes with Stefan Wolpe.
Brouwer's early works show the influence of Cuban folk music, but during the 1960s and 70s, he became interested in the music of modernist composers such as Luigi Nono and Iannis Xenakis, using indeterminacy in works such as Sonograma I. Other works from this period include the guitar pieces Canticum (1968), La espiral eterna (1971), Parabola (1973) and Tarantos (1974). More recently, Brouwer's works have started leaning towards tonality and modality. The solo guitar works El Decameron Negro (1981) the Sonata (1990; for Julian Bream) and Paisaje cubano con campanas (1986) exemplify this tendency.
Among his works are a large number of solo guitar pieces, several guitar concertos and over forty film scores. Leo Brouwer is involved in the "Concurso y Festival Internacional de Guitarra de la Habana" (International Guitar Festival of the Havana). He travels often to attend guitar festivals throughout the world, and especially to other Latin American countries.
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Total 121 sheet(s) found, listing between 20 - 40.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
El Decamerón Negro - II Huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos |
Gabriel_Sanchez (25)
4715d ago
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3 | Guitar | Original | |
El Decameron Negro - I El Arpa del Guerrero |
Gabriel_Sanchez (25)
4715d ago
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5 | Guitar | Original | |
Berceuse |
badminton (1)
4716d ago
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1 | Guitar | Original | |
Deux themes populaires cubains |
Samarcos (2)
4718d ago
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4 | Guitar | Other | |
An Idea |
bakshire (6)
4721d ago
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2 | Guitar | Original | |
sonata for juliam bream |
guesscharles (10)
4722d ago
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19 | Guitar | Original | |
Nueve Estudios Sencillos |
angelv (1)
4725d ago
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23 | Guitar | Original | |
un dia de noviembre |
theorbeux (1)
4743d ago
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2 | Guitar | Original | |
Nuveos Estudios Sencillos |
lieky (39)
4749d ago
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21 | Guitar | Original | |
Musica Incidental Campesina |
shaptele (4)
4750d ago
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8 | Guitar | Original | |
Ojos brujos |
sbasurto (3)
4753d ago
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2 | Guitar | Other | |
Estudio №11 |
Frommer (3)
4767d ago
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2 | Guitar | Original | |
A Jesusu Ortega |
ugostaka (50)
4778d ago
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1 | Guitar | Original | |
incidental campesina |
yehosua1 (4)
4783d ago
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8 | Guitar | Other | |
10 estudios simples |
yehosua1 (4)
4783d ago
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9 | Guitar | Other | |
Sonata |
G.W.F.Hegel (403)
4785d ago
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18 | Guitar | Original | |
Rito de Los Orishas |
G.W.F.Hegel (403)
4786d ago
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15 | Guitar | Original | |
Hika |
G.W.F.Hegel (403)
4786d ago
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7 | Guitar | Original | |
6 preludios epigramaticos |
Fryertek (1)
4787d ago
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7 | Guitar | Other | |
Estudios Sencillos 1 |
amitoma (1)
4790d ago
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1 | Guitar | Other |