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 100 - 120.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
El Decameron Negro |
bsuitemusic (1)
4920d ago
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14 | Guitar | Original | |
El Decameron Negro |
adjustyourtone (2)
4920d ago
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14 | Guitar | Original | |
un dia de novembre |
jaco (1)
4924d ago
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2 | Guitar | Original | |
El decameron negro |
lucianosilva (1)
4930d ago
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16 | Guitar | Other | |
Micro piezas (for 2 guitars), nro. 1 |
fefo_s6 (2)
4941d ago
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2 | Guitar | Book | |
Estudos Sencillos |
Walid (21)
4962d ago
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26 | Guitar | Book | |
Scales for guitar |
Carlosmanuel (8)
4965d ago
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48 | Guitar | Book | |
La espiral eterna |
Carlosmanuel (8)
4968d ago
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6 | Guitar | Transcription | |
Hika |
Walid (21)
5003d ago
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6 | Guitar | Original | |
20 estudios sencillos |
jcd1 (11)
5017d ago
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26 | Guitar | Original | |
20 estudios sencillos |
Tamaguchi24 (6)
5024d ago
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20 | Guitar | Original | |
Un Dia de noviembre |
jano2010 (6)
5031d ago
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2 | Guitar | Other | |
Un Dia de noviembre |
bugmenot2 (222)
5032d ago
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2 | Guitar | Other | |
Un dia de Noviembre |
greenGuitar (1)
5044d ago
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2 | Guitar | Other | |
Variations |
drfk (3)
5060d ago
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9 | Piano | Original | |
Nuevos Estudos Sencillos, |
jammes (12)
5071d ago
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21 | Guitar | Transcription | |
Etudes simples |
jammes (12)
5071d ago
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26 | Guitar | Transcription | |
Simple etudes |
jflores13 (1)
5093d ago
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26 | Guitar | Original | |
Cantilena de los bosques |
junjan (1)
5099d ago
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2 | Guitar | Original | |
20 estudios sencillos |
comando12 (1)
5136d ago
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20 | Guitar | Book |