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CORDERO, Ernesto

Ernesto Cordero

Born in New York, Aug 9, 1946

  • Guitarist and composer Ernesto Cordero was born in New York and grew up in Puerto Rico.
    • He studied guitar and theory at the Madrid Conservatory, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena.
  • As a composer, Cordero primarily writes for the guitar. His music is characterized by neo-classical adherence to traditional harmony and forms while occasionally incorporating the rhythms and melodic elements of Puerto Rican folk music.
  • Cordero has been on the faculty at the University of Puerto Rico since 1971.1

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Composer’s website

Sources

  1. Donald Thompson, “Cordero, Ernesto,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 11, 2023, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000045159.

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