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1855
Composer José Mauri was born.
12 de Febrero de 1855
He was born in Valencia, Spain, in February 12th, 1855 and died in Havana in July 11th, 1937. Being from Cuban parents, he lived in Cuba since he was a child, where he studied violin, piano, harmony, counterpopint, fugge, instrumentation and composition. Author of numerous zarrzuelas, being among them: El sombrero de Felipe II, El barberillo de Jesús MarÃa, Los amores de EloÃsa, Globos dirigibles and others, almost all staged at the Alhambra theater. He also composed an opera: La esclava, in three acts, script by Tomas Julia, premiered in June 6th, 1921, in the National Theatre. He travelled for different countries.
He conducted the National Band of Colombia, collecting money in artistic tournees for the Cuban Independence War, during those years. Besides he composed several symphonic works, hymns, counterdances, danzones, songs and some religious pieces.
1890
Tomás Terry Theater inaugurated in Cienfuegos.
12 de Febrero de 1890
The Tomas Terry Theater was inaugurated in Cienfuegos in February 12th, 1890. The theater was named after the sugar industrial who made it possible thanks to his economic legacy. Tomas Terry was a Cienfuegos slave trader born in Venezuela and settled in Paris, where he died 1886.
The theater facade is crowned by three hideous mask made of ceramic mosaics by Salviatti, a prestigious Italian house.These three art pieces represent comedy, tragedy, and TerpsÃcore, muse of dance. Together with its architectonic values it outstands its inside pictorical environment, created by the Madrid artist Camilo Salaya, and the Tomás Terry sculpture, carved on Carrara marble, presiding its lobby.
From its inauguration this coliseum became stage of personalities such as the Russian ballerina Ana Pavlova and the French dramatic actress Sarah Bernhardt, the ltalian tenor Enrico Caruso and the Cuban pianist Ernesto Lecuona, among other outstanding figures. Also in this theater Luisa MartÃnez Casado are ArquÃmedes Pous, Cienfuegos XX Century top personalities of performing arts, who at the beginning of XX Century became successful in Mexico and Puerto Rico, were projected toward national and international fame.
1899
Elvira Cape Library was settled.
12 de Febrero de 1899
The Elvira Cape Library was settled in February 12th 1899, during the first North American intervention. Emilio BacardÃ, then Municipal Major of Santiago de Cuba, conceived the project of creating a library and a museum attached to it. With the assistance of Military Governor Leonard Wood and other authorities of the city, the Library-Museum in the birth house located at Santo Tomás low street. As a tribute to the may activities held by Elvira Cape, widow of BacardÃ, the library was named after her.
1899
The Bacardà Museum was inaugurated.
12 de Febrero de 1899
The Bacardà Museum, located in Santiago de Cuba, was inaugurated on February 12, 1899.
This cultural institution was created thanks to the initiative and commendable work of Emilio BacardÃ, who was then the mayor of the city of Santiago de Cuba.
The Bacardà Museum’s main objectives are to rescue, investigate, preserve and exhibit the cultural state with educational ends, to highlight the traditions and knowledge of history as well as to contribute to the promotion of the patriotic education of the people.
This museum is currently classified as polyvalent because of the diversity and nature of its collections. Personal objects of those who were the soul of this museum, Emilio BacardÃ, his wife Elvira Capé and José Bofill are at display in the lobby of this institution.
The museum holds halls devoted to Cuban Aboriginal Archaeology, the period of the Spanish discovery, conquest and colonization, the political trends of the 19th century, the Ten Years´ War, the war of 1895, the weapons, the Spanish-Cuban-American war, the Republican times, American aboriginal and Egyptian archaeology, European painting, Cuban colonial painting as well as the patio and Callejón Bofill alley.
1908
Writer and journalist Renée Potts was born.
12 de Febrero de 1908
She was born in Havana in February 12th, 1908 and died in that city in January 1st, 2000. Graduated from the Escuela Normal para Maestros (Professoral School) in 1927. In 1948 she finished studying journalism. Member of the Circle of Fine Arts and of the Asociation of Reporters. She collaborated in El Mundo, Avance, El PaÃs, and others. Directoress of the children´s magazine Mundo Infantil and of Viernes. Among her theatre plays are: El amor Diablo (1933), Habrá guerra mañana (1935) and the Children theatre: Las babuchas de Abú Casim (1963). She worked as editor of Romances magazine.
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