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1878
Writer and lawyer Federico de Córdova was born.
18 de Noviembre de 1878
He was born on November 18, 1878 and died in Havana, on September 8th 1960. He graduated as Civil Laws in the University of Havana. In 1933 he became magistrate of the Supreme Court. He was Professor of the University of Havana and Secretary of the the History Academy . His works "Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros" (1918) and "Manuel Sanguily" (1942), were awarded in national contests summoned by the Ministry of Education.
Under Fulgencio Batista dictatorship he quit the Supreme Court. In 1959 reintegration to his former official charge was offered, but he could not accept it because its age.
1896
Professor, pianist and composer César Perez Sentenat
was born.
18 de Noviembre de 1896
He was born on November 18th, 1896 and died on May 4th, 1973. He studied theory and solfeggio with professor José Molina, as well as piano under the guidance of Antonio Saavedra, Rafael Serrano and Hubert de Blanck. From 1913 to 1922 he studied in Paris with maestros Joaquin Nin Castellanos and Saint-Requier, from Schola Cantorum. In 1922 he returned to Cuba and joined the National Conservatory as professor of piano and harmony.
At the same time he collaborated with Gonzalo Roig and Ernesto Lecuona in the foundation of the Orquesta Sinfónica de La Habana, performing as pianist and general secretary of the organism. In 1924 he joined Amadeo Roldan when the Orquesta Filarmónica de La Habana was settled. For fifteen years he was professor of piano of the Municipal Conservatory of Havana. In 1931 he was appointed director of the aforementioned center. He founded the Escuela Normal de Música de La Habana, together with Amadeo Roldán. In 1945 he was appointed provincial inspector of music of Havana and in 1949 general inspector of music of the Ministry of Education, until 1952. In 1961, after the Triumph of the Revolution, he accepted the Professorship of Piano and Conduction at the Guillermo Tomas Conservatory, in Guanabacoa.
In 1965 he was appointed General Director of Music of the Consejo Nacional de Cultura (CNC), (National Council of Culture), as well as President of the Commission of Reform of Musical Teaching. He performed piano concerts. His musical production is not wide, but it was oriented toward a didactical sense and having a structural simplicity, always within a nacionalism emphasizing the Cuban country music. Among his piano works are Suite cubana en sol menor, Preludios en todos los tonos, Cuatro estampas para un pionero; para voz y piano, Martianas, Tres canciones campesinas, TrÃptico de villancicos cubanos.
1907
Composer Francisco Repilado Muñoz, "Compay Segundo" was born.
18 de Noviembre de 1907
He was born in Santiago de Cuba, in November 18th, 1907 and died in Havana City, in July 14th, 2003. Musician (Tres, guitar and clarinet player, as well as singer). He played the armónico (harmonic), an instrument created by himself, a combination of tres and guitar with a string combination of his own. When he was ten years old and so, his family moved to Santiago de Cuba, where Francisco got in contact with the Maestros of the trova santiaguera, particularly, with Sindo Garay, always admired by him.
He became friend of the TrÃo Matamoros and with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo. Being a child he played the tres, first, and the guitar, later. He studied solfeggio and clarinet. He joined the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, conducted by his professor Enrique Bueno. In the thirties, Francisco Repilado joined groups from Santiago de Cuba, like the Cuarteto de Trovadores Orientales and the Cubanacán quartet. Later he joined a quintet in which Ñico Saquito (Antonio Fernández) also played. Since 1934 he settled in Havana, where he played the clarinet in the Municipal Band. Together with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo he joined the Cuarteto Hatuey. In 1937 the quartet had a six-month tour through Mexico, although with changes concerning to his earliest formation.
During these years, Francisco Repilado worked in two Mexican film productions: Tierra brava and México Lindo. In 1948 he joined the duo Los Compadres with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo. In 1998 he actively participated in the recording of the Grammy winner CD Buena Vista Social Club.
1935
The monument erected in homage to the General Máximo Gómez was inaugurated in Havana.
18 de Noviembre de 1935
The monument erected in homage to the General Máximo Gómez, the Dominican internationalist who made a remarkable contribution to the development of the struggle for the independence of Cuba in the 19th century, was inaugurated in Havana on November 18, 1935.
The monument is located at the beginning of the Las Misiones Avenue, very near the entrance of the tunnel of Havana.
The statue, located on a wide marble and granite pedestal shows Gómez in his campaign outfit, with his head in the open, in attitude of stopping the horse with the bridles.
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