[Cuban Music] Roig, Gonzalo. (1890 - 1970). Signed Ernesto Lecuona Program. "Marcel Ventura presents Ernesto Lecuona, Cuba's Foremost Pianist Composer and his Symphony Orchestra. Sunday, October 10. 1943." An interesting vintage program, with an image of Cuban president (later dictator) Fulgencio Batista on the cover (with an ownership signature above and also inscribed "Cuban Liberation Day") and the printed statement that "all proceeds from sale of this program are donated to the American Red Cross." Signed within the program beside their respective portraits by composers Gonzalo Roig and Ernestina Lecuona (sister of Ernesto). 11 x 8.5 inches. 10 pp. A little wrinkled and worn around the edges, generally very good.



The Cuban musician, composer, musical director Gonzalo Roig was a pioneer of the symphonic movement in Cuba.