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composition privately with Fritz Kramer in Havana (1943–1946) and Ernst Toch in
California (1947–1948). After occupying important positions in his native land (editorial secretary of Conservatorio, official review of the Havana Municipal Conservatory, 1950–1953; music critic of newspapers Alerta (1952–1957) and Diario de la Marina (1957), Havana; president, Cuban Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music, 1952–1954; president, Cuban National Music Council (Cuban branch of the International Council of Music of UNESCO), 1953–1957; professor of music and chairman, music department, University of Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, 1953–1959; treasurer, Cuban Section of the Inter-American Music Association (Caracas), 1955–1958; vice-president, Havana Philharmonic Orchestra (1956–1957), he toured the United States as lecturer (1952–1954) and settled in Los Angeles in 1959, becoming an American citizen in 1966.
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De la Vega was born in Havana, Cuba, November 28, 1925, educated at De La Salle
College, Havana, 1940–1944 (B.A. in humanities); University of Havana, 1944–1946 (M.A. in diplomacy); Ada Iglesias Music Institute, Havana, 1951–1958 (M.A. in musicology, 1956; Ph.D. in composition, 1958) and studied
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Friedheim Award of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., for his orchestral work "Adios" which was commissioned and premiered by Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He was nominated four times for a
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Variación del
Recuerdo, Versión II ("Variation of the Remembrance", Version II), on a poem by Aurelio de la Vega, for six voices, clarinet and two percussionists (2005) – commissioned by the Moldenhauer * Foundation, The Library of
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Asonante ("Assonant"), for soprano, dancer(s),seven instruments (flute, trumpet, trombone, piano, violin, cello and double bass) and pre-recorded sounds, on a poem by
Aurelio de la Vega (1985) – commissioned by Franco
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Septicilium, for solo clarinet and small instrumental ensemble (flute, harp, piano-celesta, one percussionist, violin and cello) (1974) – commissioned by the 1973 Festival of New Music, University of
California, Los
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Undici Colori ("Eleven Colors"), for solo bassoon with or without projected transparencies of mixed media colored drawings by the composer (1981) – commissioned by the Klimt
Foundation for bassoonist Donald
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Tropimapal, for nine instruments (flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, one percussionist, violin, viola, cello and double bass) (1983) – commissioned by the Los
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Extrapolation, stereophonic tape (1981) – commissioned by the
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Testimonial, for female voice, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, on poems by Armando Valladares (1990) – commissioned by the Buenos Aires Encounters of Contemporary Music
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Canciones Transparentes ("Transparent Songs"), for soprano, clarinet, cello and piano, on poems by José Martí (1995) – commissioned by Florida International University, Miami
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Magias e Invenciones ("Magics and Inventions"), song cycle for soprano and piano on poems by Gastón Baquero (1986) – commissioned by Fundación Música, Zaragoza, Spain
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Adramante, for soprano and piano, on a poem by Octavio Armand (1985) – commissioned by the University of California, Santa Barbara, in honor of composer Ernest Krenek
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Leyenda del Ariel Criollo ("Legend of the Creole Ariel"), for cello and piano (1953) – commissioned by cellist Adolfo Odnoposoff and pianist Berthe Huberman
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Recordatio ("Recollection"), for soprano, wind quintet and string quintet, on a poem by Emilio Ballagas (2011) – commissioned by North/South Consonance
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Fuente Infinita ("The Infinite Fountain"), song cycle for soprano and piano on poems by José Francisco Zamora (1944) – commissioned by Magda Medina
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Variación del Recuerdo ("Variation of the Remembrance"), for string orchestra (1999) – commissioned by the Culver City Chamber Orchestra
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String Quartet in Five Movements, "In Memoriam Alban Berg" (1957) – Havana Lyceum Publication Prize, Igor Markevitch, Presiding Juror
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Inflorescencia ("Inflorescence"), for soprano, bass clarinet and pre-recorded sounds, on a poem by Aurelio de la Vega (1976)
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Memorial de la Ausencia ("Memorial of the Absence"), for unaccompanied cello (1985) – commissioned by Petroso Novares
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Madrigales de Entonces ("Madrigals from Another Time"), for SATB a cappella choir, on poems by Heberto Padilla (1991)
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Structures, for piano and string quartet (1962) – commissioned by the Coolidge Foundation, The Library of Congress
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Andamar-Ramadna (Version II), for any number of instruments and/or voices (1988) – commissioned by Gloria Morris
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Symphony in Four Parts (1960) – commissioned by Inocente Palacios for the Third Inter-American Music Festival
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Cantata for Two Sopranos, Contralto and Twenty One Instruments, on poems by Roberto Fernández Retamar (1958)
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The Magic Labyrinth, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1975) – commissioned by Gloria Morris
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The Infinite Square, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1975) – commissioned by Gloria Morris
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Olep ed Arudamot, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1974) – commissioned by Gloria Morris
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La Muerte de Pan ("The Death of Pan"), for violin and piano (1948) – commissioned by Carlos Agostini
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Homenagem ("Homage"),"In Memoriam Heitor Villa-Lobos" (1987) – commissioned by José Eduardo Martins
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Astralis, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1977) – commissioned by Francisco Lequerica
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Adiós (“Farewell”) (1977) – commissioned by Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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El Encuentro ("The Encounter"), for contralto and piano, on a poem by Rabindranath Tagore (1950)
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Corde, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1977) – commissioned by Francisco Lequerica
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Para-Tangents, for trumpet and pre-recorded sounds (1973) – commissioned by Thomas Stevens
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Intrata (1972) – commissioned by Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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Soliloquio ("Soliloquy"), for viola and piano (1950) – commissioned by Alberto Fajardo
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Segmentos ("Segments"), for violin and piano (1964) – commissioned by Robert Gross
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Galandiacoa, for clarinet and guitar (1982) – commissioned by Julian Spear
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Obertura a Una Farsa Seria ("Overture to a Serious Farce") (1950)
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