Hilario González

Hilario González (January 24, 1920, Havana – October 3, 1999, Havana) was a Cuban composer, musicologist, pianist, music educator, and film and performing arts critic. He was a musicologist at the National Museum of Music in Havana from its founding in 1971 until his death in 1999. He was considered an authority on the composers Esteban Salas y Castro, Alejandro García Caturla, and Amadeo Roldán; all of whom he published scholarly works on. His compositions include the ballet ''Antes del Alba'' (1945); the piano works ''Dos danzas afrocubanas'' (1938), ''Tres preludios en conga'' (1938), '' Paqueña suite'' (1941), and ''Sonata in A'' (1942), ; multiple song cycles; choral works; orchestral pieces, such as ''Concertino in D'' (1944) and ''Concerto in E♭'' for piano and orchestra (1946); chamber music; and art songs Provided by Wikipedia