María Enma Botet Dubois Explained

María Enma Botet Dubois (10 August 1903  - ??) was a Cuban pianist, composer and music educator. She was born in Matanzas and studied music with Hubert de Blanck and Joaquin Nin. After completing her studies, she taught music at the Hubert de Blanck Conservatory and the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory in Havana.^{[1] [2]} She died in Miami.^[3]

Works

María Emma Botet composed choral and piano works and pieces for voice and piano, including sones, guarachas, habaneras, rumbas, criollas, guajirs, pregons and boleros. Selected works include:

• Suite Cubana for piano
• Pequeno Son
• Dancitas de Ayer
• Era una guajirita
• Cancion de guajiro
• De dos en dos (contradanza)
• Las goticas de lluven bailan el bolero
• Bailamos (Habanera)
• Caserita se va el dulcero
• La cajita de musica toca una criolla
• Diablito Carnavalesco^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900. Dees, Pamela Youngdahl. 2004.
2. Book: Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Rhian. Samuel. 1994.
3. Book: Cantero, Alicia Valdés. Con música, textos y presencia de mujer. Alicia. Valdés . 2005.
4. Book: An Annotated Catalogue of Selected Cuban Piano Works from the 18th-20th Centuries. digitized online. Oechsle, Niki. December 2010.