Gaspar Agüero Barreras
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|2|15}}
| birth_place = Camagüey
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|5|18|1873|2|15}}
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| nationality = Cuban
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| occupation = Composer, Pianist, Professor
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Gaspar Aguero Barreras (February 15, 1873 – May 18, 1951) was a Cuban composer, pianist, and professor. Aguero created numerous musical works, but he was best known for his contributions to Cuban music through his teaching philosophies that have become the basis of child-centered musical philosophies.
Life and career
Aguero was born in the small province of Camagüey to a very musical family, and started his musical career when he and his family moved to the capital of Cuba[http://culturacubana.net/9-12-1-gaspar-aguero-barreras-primer-pedagogo-musical-cubano/ "9.12.1 GASPAR AGÜERO BARRERAS. PRIMER PEDAGOGO MUSICAL CUBANO."
Influences
Musical works
- Alegría Sonnia, boceto sinfónico.
- Cantos escolares, Estudios de las texturas.
= Lyrical theater =
- El cinematógrafo parlante o El combate naval de Santiago de Cuba, (1901).
- Huérfana y sola me quedé en el mundo, (1901).
- El país del choteo, (1902).
- La fonda de don Tadeo, (1903).
- La Loma del Ángel, (1904).
- Los effectos del cinturón, (1905).
- El naufragio libre, (1906).
- Los caprichos de Gabriela.
- En la calle y sin llavín y disgustado con el sereno, (1907).
- Baños de mar y La ley del hambre, (1909).
References
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Gaspar:Documentary(1997)Armando Linares,Director,Producer and Screenwriter
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