Cecilia Arizti Explained

Cecilia Arizti
Birth Date:	28 October 1856
Birth Place:	Havana, Cuba
Death Place:	Havana, Cuba
Module:	Embed: yes Occupation: Musician, composer Instrument: Piano

Cecilia Arizti Sobrino (28 October 1856 – 30 June 1930^[1]) was a Cuban composer, pianist and music educator.

Biography

Cecilia Arizti was born in La Loma del Angel, Havana, the daughter of pianist Fernando Arizti and his wife Teresa Sobrino. Arizti studied music with her father and composition with Francisco Fuentes and Espadero Ruiz, and showed an early talent for composition.^[2]

After completing her studies, Arizti performed as a concert pianist in Cuba and the United States. She became a professor at the Conservatory Peyrellade, and published a manual of piano technique.^[3]

Works

Arizti's works are for piano and composed in Romantic style. Selected works include:

• Impromptu in F minor
• Vals lent
• Romanza
• Nocturn
• Caprici
• Reverie, Op. 16
• Chamber Trio for piano, violin and cello

Further reading

• Book: Segura, Isabel. 7 passejades per l'Havana: la presència catalana i l'evolució de la ciutat els últims dos segles. 1999. Edicions La Campana. 978-84-88791-66-5. 157–159. ca.
• Book: Barnet, Miguel. Autógrafos cubanos. 1990. Ediciones Unión. 71–76. 9789597064152. es.
• Book: Baroncelli, Nilcéia Cleide da Silva. Mulheres compositoras. 1987. R. Kempf/Editores. 978-85-270-0002-4. 22. pt-BR.
• Book: Giro, Radamés. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. 2007. Letras Cubanas. 978-959-10-1400-9. 71–72. es.
• Book: Molina, Antonio José. Mujeres en la historia de Cuba. 2004. Ediciones Universal. 978-1-59388-038-5. 66. es.
• Book: Orovio, Helio. Cuban Music from A to Z. 2004-03-12. Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-3212-1. 19. en.
• Book: Sanjurjo, Elena Pérez. Historia de la música cubana. 1986. Moderna Poesía. 130, 133, 376–379, 513–514. es.
• Book: Orovio, Helio. Diccionario de la música cubana: biográfico y técnico. 1992. Editorial Letras Cubanas. La Habana, Cuba. 40, 425.
• Book: Schleifer. Martha Furman. Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Galván. Gary. 2016-01-28. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-8108-8871-5. 48. en.
• Book: Sadie. Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Samuel. Rhian. 1994. W. W. Norton & Company. 978-0-393-03487-5. 23. en.

Notes and References

1. Book: Cantero. Alicia Valdés. Con música, textos y presencia de mujer. Valdés. Alicia. 2005. Ediciones Unión. 978-959-209-577-9. 85. es.
2. Book: Music in Cuba. Alejo. Carpentier. Timothy. Brennan. 2001. U of Minnesota Press . 9780816632299. 11 November 2010.
3. Web site: Las Manos en la Piano. 10 October 2010. Hands on the Piano:Cecilia Arizti. Ortega,Josefina. 23 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200123155007/http://www.lajiribilla.co.cu/2005/n227_09/memoria.html. dead.