Sanjuán, Pedro, 1886-1976
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- Organization: (naf) Havana Philharmonic Orchestra
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- Organization: (naf) Converse College
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(naf) San Sebastián (Spain)
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found: His La macumba [SR] 1957:labels (Pedro Sanjuán)
found: Baker, 8th ed.(Sanjuán, Pedro; b. 11-15-1886, San Sebastián, d. 10-18-76, Washington, D.C.; conductor, teacher, composer)
found: Encyclopedia.com, January 22, 2019(Sanjuán, Pedro, Spanish-born American conductor, teacher, and composer; b. San Sebastian, Nov. 15, 1886; d. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 1976. He studied composition with Turina. After conducting in Europe, he went to Havana, where he organized the Havana Phil. (1926); was also a teacher of composition there, numbering Roldán, Caturla, and other Cuban composers among his pupils. After a sojourn in Madrid (1932-36), he again conducted the Havana Phil. (1939-42); in 1942 he was appointed prof. of composition at Converse Coll. in Spartanburg, S.C. In 1947 he became a naturalized American citizen)
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