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Ernesto Lecuona
Person · male · Spain · Guanabacoa · born 1896 · died 1963 · recording since 1943
Cuban composer (1896-1963)
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Also known as Ernesto Lecuona Casado · Lecuona, Ernesto (1896-1963) · 埃内斯托·莱库纳
Timeline
17 events▣ Album 12✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1890s
1940s
· Debut release
Debut release: Babalú / Tambah
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1950s
1960s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography1,027 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379433266
Biography
Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (Spanish pronunciation: [eɾˈnesto leˈkwona]; August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as well as pieces for piano and symphonic orchestra.
In the 1930s, he helped establish a popular band, the Lecuona Cuban Boys, which showcased some of his most successful pieces and was later taken over by Armando Oréfiche. In the 1950s, Lecuona recorded several LPs, including solo piano albums for RCA Victor. He moved to the United States after the 1959 Cuban Revolution, and died in Spain in 1963.
Early years
Lecuona was born in Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba, Kingdom of Spain, to a Cuban mother and a Canarian father. There are inconsistencies surrounding his birthdate, with some sources indicating the year 1895, and others still giving the day as August 6. He started studying piano at the age of five, taught by his sister Ernestina Lecuona, a famed composer in her own right. As a child prodigy, he composed his first song at the age of 11. He later studied at the Peyrellade Conservatoire under Antonio Saavedra and Joaquín Nin. Lecuona graduated from the National Conservatory of Havana with a gold medal for interpretation when he was 17 years old. He performed outside of Cuba at the Aeolian Hall (New York) in 1916.
In 1918, he collaborated with Luis Casas Romero, Moisés Simons, Jaime Prats, Nilo Menéndez and Vicente Lanz in setting up a successful player piano music roll factory in Cuba producing Cuban music and also copies from masters made by QRS in the US. The brand label was "Rollo Autógrafo".
Rise to fame
He first traveled to Spain in 1924 on a concert tour with violinist Marta de la Torre; his successful piano recitals in 1927 and 1928 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris coincided with a rise in interest in Cuban music. His popularity brought him to concert halls in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Lima in South America, as well as Paris, Nice, Barcelona, Madrid, and London in Europe, followed by more engagements in New York.
María la O, Lecuona's zarzuela, premiered in Havana on March 1, 1930. He was a prolific composer of songs and music for stage and film. He scored some of the film music for The Cuban Love Song, Always in My Heart, and One More Tomorrow. The entire musical score of the film Carnival in Costa Rica was penned by Lecuona. His works consisted of zarzuela, Afro-Cuban and Cuban rhythms, suites and many songs which are still famous. They include "Siboney" ("Canto Siboney"), "Malagueña" and "The Breeze And I" ("Andalucía"). In 1942, his hit, "Always in my Heart" ("Siempre en mi Corazón") was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song; however, it lost to "White Christmas". Lecuona was a master of the symphonic form and conducted the Ernesto Lecuona Symphonic Orchestra, employing soloists including Cuban pianist and composer Carmelina Delfín. The Orchestra performed in the Cuban Liberation Day Concert at Carnegie Hall on October 10, 1943. The concert included the world premiere of Lecuona's Black Rhapsody. Lecuona gave help and the use of his name to the popular touring group, the Lecuona Cuban Boys, though he did not play as a member of the band. He did sometimes play piano solos as the first item on the bill.
Final years and legacy
In 1960, unhappy with Castro's new régime, Lecuona moved to Tampa, Florida and lived on West Orient Street in West Tampa with his relative, singer Esperanza Chediak. Lecuona lived his final years in the US. While traveling in the Canary Islands he died of a heart attack on November 29, 1963, in the town of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where he had gone to recuperate from a lung ailment. He was interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York, but his will instructed that his remains be repatriated after the Cuban régime changes. A great deal of Lecuona's music was first introduced to mass American audiences by Desi Arnaz, a fellow Cuban and Lucille Ball's spouse.
Lecuona's talent for composition has influenced the Latin American world in a way quite similar to George Gershwin in the United States, in his case raising Cuban music to classical status.
Ernesto and Ernestina's cousin Margarita Lecuona was another accomplished musician and composer. She was the author of the song "Babalú", made popular in the Latin American world by Miguelito Valdés, and in the United States by Desi Arnaz.
For piano
Ante El Escorial
Aragón
Aragonesa
San Francisco El Grande
Siboney
Suite Andalucía
Córdoba
Andalucía
Alhambra
Gitanerías
Guadalquivir
Malagueña
Preludio En La Noche
Valencia Mora
Zambra Gitana
Waltz
Apasionado
Crisantemo
La bemol
Maravilloso
Poético
Romántico
Si menor (Rococó)
Vals Azul
Others
Afro-Cuban suite
Ahí viene el chino
Al fin te vi
Amorosa
Andar
Aquí está
Arabesque
Bell Flower
Benilde
Burlesca
Canto del guajiro
Cajita de música
Como arrullo de palmas
Como baila el muñeco
Dame tu amor
Danza de los Ñáñigos
Danza Lucumí
Diario de un niño
Ella y yo
¡Échate pa'llá María!
El batey
El miriñaque
El sombrero de yarey
El tanguito de Mamá (también llamada A la Antigua)
En tres por cuatro
Eres tú el amor
Futurista
Gonzalo, ¡no bailes más!
Impromptu
Jungle Drums
La 32
La primera en la frente
La Comparsa
La conga de medianoche
La habanera
La danza interrumpida
La mulata
La negra Lucumí
La Cardenense
Los Minstrels
Lola Cruz
Lola está de fiesta
Lloraba en sueños
María la O
Mazurka en glissando
Muneca d
Melancolía
Mientras yo comía maullaba el gato
Mis tristezas
Muneca de Cristal
Muñequita
Negra Mercé
Negrita
¡No hables más!
No me olvides
No puedo contigo
Noche Azul
Orquídeas
Pensaba en ti
Polichinela
¿Por qué te vas?
Preludio en la noche
¡Que risa me da! Mi abuela bailaba así
Rapsodia Negra
Rosa, la china
Siempre en mi corazon
Tú serás
Tres miniaturas
¡Y la negra bailaba!
¡Y sigue la lloviznita!
Yo soy así
Yumurí
Zapateo y guajira
Zenaida
Recordings
Lecuona Interpreta A Lecuona (RCA Victor, 1955, reissued in 1986 as Virtuoso), Lecuana performing on the piano
Lecuona Plays for Two (RCA Victor, 1955), Lecuana performing on the piano
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 24 | 85.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 19 | 86.7th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 20 | 45.6th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (19 release groups · 15 studio albums)
Albums · 15
1954 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks
1Malagueña2Andalucía3Ante El Escorial4San Francisco el Grande5Siempre en mi corazón6María la O7Siboney8Noche azul9La comparsa10Danza negra11Danza lucumí12A la antigua13En tres por cuatro14Canto del guajiro15La habanera16Damisela encantadora17Crisantemo18RománticoThe Complete Piano Music, Volume 1
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:18:11
1Rapsodia Negra for Piano and Orchestra10:472Andalucía (Suite española): Córdoba3:373Andalucía (Suite española): Andaluza2:174Andalucía (Suite española): Alhambra4:225Andalucía (Suite española): Gitanerías1:456Andalucía (Suite española): Guadalquivír4:067Andalucía (Suite española): Malagueña3:548Ante el Escorial4:449Zambra gitana3:0710Aragonesa3:5411Granada3:0912Zambra2:1313San Francisco el Grande5:0614Aragón (vals España)3:2615Preludio en la noche2:4016La habanera2:5317Mazurka en glissando1:4818Canto del guajiro2:2719Three Miniatures: Bellflower1:5320Three Miniatures: Music Box1:2321Three Miniatures: Polchinella1:3722Canto Siboney2:5623Noche azul4:07The Complete Piano Music, Volume 2
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:08:55
1Rapsodia argentina for Piano and Orchestra10:452Diary of a Child: Good Morning (Buenos días)1:303Diary of a Child: The Puppet's Dance (El baile de la muñeca)1:424Diary of a Child: Merry-Go-Round (Carrusel)1:165Diary of a Child: The Moon Lights Up (Canción de luna)3:116Diary of a Child: The Dolls Have a Party (Bacanal de muñecos)1:467Adiós a las trincheras (One-Step)1:048Cuba and America (March and Two-Step)2:139Black Cat (One-Step)1:0310Cuba at Arms (One-Step)1:3911Crisantemo5:0812Vals del Sena2:2113Locura4:3114Barba-Azul1:0015Vals de los mares2:4816Ojos triunfadores3:2717Bésame1:4118Soñaba contigo1:2119Voilà2:2420Suite from El sombrero de Yarey: Prelude. Allegro moderato0:5221Suite from El sombrero de Yarey: Allegro non troppo - Allegro - Moderato5:2022Suite from El sombrero de Yarey: Allegretto1:4823Suite from El sombrero de Yarey: Moderato2:4924Suite from El sombrero de Yarey: Danza. Allegro1:4325Quasi bolero1:2326Dame de tus rosas (Two Hearts That Pass in the Night)4:10The Complete Piano Music, Volume 3
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:14:31
1Rapsodia cubana (On Cuban Airs)8:132Danzas afro-cubanas: La conga de media noche2:553Danzas afro-cubanas: Danza negra1:594Danzas afro-cubanas: ¡...y la negra bailaba!2:065Danzas afro-cubanas: Danzas de los ñáñigos2:266Danzas afro-cubanas: Danza lucumí2:367Danzas afro-cubanas: La comparsa2:038Siete danzas cubanas típicas: Ni tú, ni yo2:179Siete danzas cubanas típicas: Mientras yo comía maullaba un gato3:0410Siete danzas cubanas típicas: Burlesca1:4411Siete danzas cubanas típicas: Mis tristezas3:1712Siete danzas cubanas típicas: El miriñaque2:0013Siete danzas cubanas típicas: La 322:3814Siete danzas cubanas típicas: ¡Cómo baila el muñeco!2:0615¡Échate pa' allá, María!1:1216Valses fantásticos: Vals apasionado1:5217Valses fantásticos: Vals romántico4:2518Valses fantásticos: Vals poético2:5819Valses fantásticos: Vals arabesque1:1320Valses fantásticos: Vals patético3:1921Valses fantásticos: Vals maravilloso2:0622Valses fantásticos: Vals brillante1:4723Vals del Nilo5:3024Gardenia2:1125Porcelana china (danza de muñecos)2:1226Polka de los enanos2:2027Noche de estrellas1:2628Yo te quiero siempre2:36The Complete Piano Music, Volume 4
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:04:20
1Rumba-Rhapsody (arr. by Michael Bartos and Thomas Tirino for piano, orchestra and chorus)5:042Danzas Cubanas: I. ¡No hables más!1:233Danzas Cubanas: II. No puedo contigo2:254Danzas Cubanas: III. Ahí viene el chino3:115Danzas Cubanas: IV. ¿Por qué te vas?2:286Danzas Cubanas: V. Lola está de fiesta2:347Danzas Cubanas: VI. En tres por cuatro1:528Amorosa1:309Futurista (original 1928 version)2:491019-Century Cuban Dances: I. La primera en la frente1:431119-Century Cuban Dances: II. A la antigua (El Tanguito de Mamá)2:111219-Century Cuban Dances: III. Impromptu1:361319-Century Cuban Dances: IV. La danza interrumpida1:551419-Century Cuban Dances: V. La mulata1:091519-Century Cuban Dances: VI. Arabesque1:221619-Century Cuban Dances: VII. Ella y Yo1:311719-Century Cuban Dances: VIII. La cardenense1:551819-Century Cuban Dances: IX. ¡Al fin te ví!1:171919-Century Cuban Dances: X. Los Minstrels1:3820Vals Gitano2:1321A Media Noche1:5522Parisiana2:1623Musetta2:0224Vals de Danubio2:4525Broken Blossoms2:1826Noches de Primavera3:3027Vals de la Mariposa2:4328Vals Azul (arr. by Thomas Tirino for flute and piano)2:3229Paso Doble de los Mantones (arr. by Thomas Tirino for 2 trumpets and piano)2:331997 · studio album
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1Preludio3:392Cancion De Africa4:053Triste Es Ser Esclavo4:084Niño Alberto Y Las Negritas3:285Duo Y Melodrama5:506Duo Y Melodrama (Final)4:597Duo Comico2:208Intermedio3:429Tango Del Negro Lindo2:4010Finale2:241997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 59:13
1Danzas Afro-Cubanas: La Conga de Media Noche2:502Danzas Afro-Cubanas: Danza Negra2:253Danzas Afro-Cubanas: ¡...Y la Negra Bailaba!2:284Danzas Afro-Cubanas: Danza de los Ñáñigos2:465Danzas Afro-Cubanas: Danza Lucumi2:396Danzas Afro-Cubanas: La Comparsa1:587Estampas Infantiles: Buenos Dias1:388Estampas Infantiles: El Baile de la Muñeca1:429Estampas Infantiles: Carousel1:0110Estampas Infantiles: Canción de Luna2:4611Estampas Infantiles: Bacanal de Muñecos1:4712Tres Miniaturas: Campanilla2:0013Tres Miniaturas: Caja de Música1:1814Tres Miniaturas: Polchinella1:4215Ante El Escorial5:2916San Francisco El Grande5:1317Andalucia (Suite Española): Córdoba3:1118Andalucia (Suite Española): Andaluza2:2219Andalucia (Suite Española): Alhambra4:1920Andalucia (Suite Española): Gitanerías1:4221Andalucia (Suite Española): Guadalquivír3:5922Andalucia (Suite Española): Malagueña3:58Ernesto Lecuona - Piano Works (Vol. 2)
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 53:15
1Danzas Cubanas: ¡No Hables Má!1:252Danzas Cubanas: No Puedo Contigo2:163Danzas Cubanas: Ahí Viene el Chino3:204Danzas Cubanas: ¿Por Qué Te Vas?2:325Danzas Cubanas: Lola Está de Fiesta2:366Danzas Cubanas: En Tres Por Cuatro1:47719th Century Cuban Dances: La Primera en la Frente1:53819th Century Cuban Dances: A la Antigua1:56919th Century Cuban Dances: Impromptu1:261019th Century Cuban Dances: Interrumpida1:441119th Century Cuban Dances: La Mulata1:031219th Century Cuban Dances: Abresque1:151319th Century Cuban Dances: Ella y Yo1:171419th Century Cuban Dances: La Cardenense1:401519th Century Cuban Dances: Al Fin Te Vi1:041619th Century Cuban Dances: Minstrels1:281719th Century Cuban Dances: Polka de los Enanos2:171819th Century Cuban Dances: Crisantemo2:441919th Century Cuban Dances: Vals del Sena2:142019th Century Cuban Dances: Vals del Nilo4:152119th Century Cuban Dances: Zambra Gitana3:042219th Century Cuban Dances: Aragonesa3:432319th Century Cuban Dances: Granada3:092419th Century Cuban Dances: Aragón (Vals España)3:07On a Night Like This: Love Songs
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:10:54
1Siempre en mi corazón3:402Como presiento2:233Allá en la sierra (from "Córdoba")2:334Tu no tienes corazón2:545Mi corazón se fué3:266Dame de tus rosas3:497¡No es por ti!2:368¡Mira! (from "La Habanera")3:089Dame el amor2:5910Que risa me da1:2111La comparsa2:3812Al fin3:4413Se abrieron las flores3:3214Conga Cuba1:3615Amor tardio2:0116En una noche así (from the film "Carnival in Costa Rica")3:2417Devuélveme el corazón2:3318Primavera de ilusión2:5219Un amor vendrá3:0820Me has dejado2:4321No me engañarás2:5322Rumba mejoral1:0723No me mires ni me hables2:5824Mi amor fue una flor2:3325Canción del amor triste4:23La música de Ernesto Lecuona I
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 45:59
1La comparsa2:032Malagueña3:163María la O2:354Rosa la china1:255En 3 x 41:456Por qué te vas2:287Andalucía2:188Aragón2:509A la antigua1:5810Ahí viene el chino2:3911Siboney2:4212Noche azul2:2713Danza negra2:0814Al fin te vi1:0515Estás en mi corazón2:2316Romántico2:3217Danza lucumí2:3018Córdoba2:0819Polichinela1:3320Damisela encantadora3:142015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 57:28
1Ante El Escorial (Ben Moderato - Più Mosso - Moderato - Vivace)5:002Preludio En La Noche (Adagio)2:433Danzas Afrocubanas: La Conga de Medianoche (Allegro)3:164Danzas Afrocubanas: La Comparsa (Moderato)1:485Danzas Afrocubanas: Danza Negra (Moderato Ben Marcato - Più Mosso - Tempo Primo)2:316Danzas Afrocubanas: Danza Lucumí (Moderato)2:467Danzas Afrocubanas: Danzas de Los Ñáñigos (Ben Moderato)2:338Danzas Afrocubanas: ...Y la Negra Bailaba! (Allegro Moderato)2:279Danzas Cubanas Al Estilo Del Siglo XIX (Selection): La Primera En la Frente (Allegro)1:3910Danzas Cubanas Al Estilo Del Siglo XIX (Selection): Ella y Yo (Allegro Moderato)1:5911Danzas Cubanas Al Estilo Del Siglo XIX (Selection): Interrumpida (Allegro Moderato)1:0912Danzas Cubanas Al Estilo Del Siglo XIX (Selection): La Cardenense (Moderato - Moderato - Tempo Primo - Lento)1:4813Danzas Cubanas Al Estilo Del Siglo XIX (Selection): A la Antigua (Moderato - Scherzando)2:2014Danzas Cubanas Al Estilo Del Siglo XIX (Selection): Al Fin Te Vi (Allegro Vivace)1:2415En Tres Por Cuatro (Allegro Maestoso)2:0416Suite Andalucía: Cordoba (Allegro Moderato - Moderato - Tempo Primo - Lento)3:4917Suite Andalucía: Andaluza (Allegro Vivace - Molto Vivace - Tempo Primo)2:5918Suite Andalucía: Alhambra (Allegro Vivace - Lento Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Tempo Primo - Vivace)4:2119Suite Andalucía: Gitanerías (Presto)1:5020Suite Andalucía: Guadalquivir (Allegro Moderato)4:5921Suite Andalucía: Malagueña (Allegro Moderato - Vivace - Lento A la Capriccio - Moderato - Più Mosso - Vivace)4:032024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:03:25
1Aragón3:562Preludio en la noche2:133Malagueña4:004Rococo2:315Vals Azul2:576Ante el Escorial5:077Danza lucumi3:258Yo te quiero siempre2:01919th Century Cuban Dances: No. 1, La Primera en la frente1:101019th Century Cuban Dances: No. 2, A la Antigua1:551119th Century Cuban Dances: No. 3, Impromptu1:251219th Century Cuban Dances: No. 4, Interrumpida1:031319th Century Cuban Dances: No. 5, La Mulata1:031419th Century Cuban Dances: No. 6, Arabesque1:341519th Century Cuban Dances: No. 7, Ella y yo1:251619th Century Cuban Dances: No. 8, La Cardenense1:431719th Century Cuban Dances: No. 9, Al fin te vi1:231819th Century Cuban Dances: No. 10, Minstrels2:0319La comparsa2:3120Vals de las sombras2:3521Gitanerías1:5222Canción de luna2:0523Merry-go-round whirl1:1824Mazurka Glissando1:5925Tres Miniaturas: No. 1, Bell-Flower1:4326Tres Miniaturas: No. 2, Music Box1:1027Tres Miniaturas: No. 3, Polichinelle2:0528San Francisco el grande5:13— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 41:17
1Siboney3:232Noche azul2:533María la O3:264Recordar/Se fue3:265Dame de tus rosas3:066Canción del amor triste3:317Aquella tarde2:508Tengo un guajirito1:209Tardes grises3:0410Basilia (Garay)2:4211Perlas marinas (Garay)3:3912Guarina (Garay)3:0713La tarde (Garay)1:5914Habanera tú (Sanches de Fuentes)2:51Al Piano Con Orquesta y Sus Interpretes
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1Mariposa2No Es Por Ti3Sin Encontrarte4Al Fin5Yo Te Quiero Siempre6Tus Ojos Azules7Recordar8Te He Visto Pasar9Mi Corazon Se Fue10Como Presiento11Se Fue12Celos13No Me Niegues El AmorCuba Romantica: Nostolgia Guajira
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 23:49
1En El Tronco De Un Arbol "Yeyo"2Arrullo De Palmas "Los Medina"3:043Lagrimas Negras "Los Guaracheros De Oriente"2:404Qusiera Ser Golondrina "El Negro Peregrino"3:055Noche Azul "Los Medina"3:076Pobre Bohemia "Los Guaracheros De Oriente"2:057Dueda De Amor "El Negro Peregrino"3:068Aquella Tarde "Los Medina"3:219Olvido/Dulce Embeleso "Yeyo"3:21
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Babalú / TambahSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksABabalú BTambah | 1943 |
Album · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Ultimate CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1999 | La Habanera - The Piano Music of Ernesto LecuonaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 59:181Preludio en la noche2:33 2La conga de media noche3:08 3Canción de luna2:10 4Ella y yo1:34 5Vals arabesque1:15 6Vals maravilloso2:22 7Vals brillante2:05 8Vals apasionado2:07 9Vals patético2:55 10Vals romántico3:05 11Vals poético2:40 12Danza negra2:30 13¡... Y la negra bailaba!2:37 14Yo te quiero siempre1:57 15La comparsa2:15 16Ante El Escorial5:01 17San Francisco El Grande4:54 18Danza de los ñañigos2:47 19La habanera2:40 20Danza lucumí3:10 21Campanilla2:08 22La cardenense1:46 23Mazurka glissando1:39 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| — | 1932-1936, Volume 4Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:01:261El Frutero2:23 2La Cachimba de San Juan3:10 3Karabali2:29 4Te he arrangado de mi3:31 5Tengo una Guajirita3:16 6El Pregon del Dulcero2:10 7Como yo no hay dos2:50 8De otros tiempos3:21 9Rosa la China3:02 10Rapsodia tropical3:32 11Amapola3:23 12Maria la O3:29 13Maria belen Chacan2:59 14Punchunguita3:04 15Rumba Tambah2:59 16Tabou3:17 17Folie nerge3:19 18Folie negre3:01 19Sin ti3:15 20Rumbas cubanas2:56 | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ernesto Lecuona head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 24 | 85.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 19 | 86.7th |
| Studio albums | 15 | 94.6th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 17 | 92.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 20 | 45.6th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | International Latin Music Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 2014 | Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame | lifetime |
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e3d50ece-9931-4ecf-88f1-8fa5295b6829core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q345446seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Lecuonabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Lecuona
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: self-scanned; photographer not known · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q345446 · MusicBrainz: e3d50ece-9931-4ecf-88f1-8fa5295b6829
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