Marta Cuervo
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Marta Cuervo (b. Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban guitarist and professor.
Academic formation
Marta Cuervo studied guitar and musical theory at the Havana Municipal Conservatory. She was a disciple of guitarist Isaac Nicola.Giro, Radamés. Leo Brouwer y la guitarra en Cuba. Editorial Letras cubanas. La Habana, Cuba, 1986. P.56.
Work
Marta Cuervo closely collaborated with Isaac Nicola and other guitarists such as Clara (Cuqui) Nicola, Marianela Bonet and Leopoldina Nuñez in the implementation of a unified method for all the music schools in Cuba, after de 1959 Revolution. She encouraged her own guitar students, such as Armando Rodriguez Ruidiaz, to compose and transcribe music for the instrument thus contributing to the development of a national pedagogic system and repertoire.Ramirez, Marta Maria. Cuba: The Cuban Guitar School. SEMlac reports 7. {{cite web|url=http://www.redsemlac.net/reports/SEMlac/Reports07.htm |title=SEMlac Reports 7 |accessdate=2013-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113135516/http://www.redsemlac.net/reports/SEMlac/Reports07.htm |archivedate=2012-11-13 }}
Among Marta Cuervo's many disciples we can mention guitarists Edel Muñoz, Joaquín Clerch,{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyguitar.com/guitarists/51-joaquin_clerch.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126024129/http://www.dailyguitar.com/guitarists/51-joaquin_clerch.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-11-26|title=Joaquin Clerch|publisher=dailyguitar.com|accessdate=2015-03-22}} Aldo Rodríguez,{{cite book|title=Cuban Music from A to Z|author=Orovio, H.|date=2004|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=9780822385219|url=https://archive.org/details/cubanmusicfromto00orov|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/cubanmusicfromto00orov/page/180 180]|accessdate=2015-03-22}} Sergio García Marruz{{cite web |url=http://www.ridgewoodconservatory.com/FACGuita.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413080010/http://ridgewoodconservatory.com/FACGuita.html |archivedate=2013-04-13 }} and Fernando Mariña (Mexican guitarist that studied in Cuba between 1986 and 1997), among others.
See also
References
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Category:Cuban classical guitarists
Category:Cuban women guitarists