Cervantes I. 39 Danzas Cubanas for Piano

Danzas 1-37, Unidentified Publisher, no date (ca.1920); Danzas 38, 39, М: Музыка, 1976. — 46 p.39 Danzas Cubanas of which 27 for piano solo and 2 for piano 4 hands (piano duet).From MusicWeb International: Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905) was a sort of Cuban Scott Joplin, a twilight-of-the-1800s composer of enormous swathes of tuneful piano dances. His music bears, on a light tropical breeze, the sounds of Cuban folk styles, Caribbean dance rhythms, and African rhythmic gymnastics. If you like the piano music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk or Ernesto Nazareth, you’ll love hearing this... [These] Cuban dances from the late 1800s which sometimes sparkle with merry wit, sometimes play for soft tears, sometimes strike up a loud raucous dance, and sometimes feel like an afternoon sipping cocktails on the beach... Cervantes’ titles often give the game away: “La carcajada” translates to, simply, “laughter,”... and the naughty “Picotazos” means “Lovebites”! There’s even a dance here called “¡Pst!” We have evocations of petticoats rustling, a church at prayer, a jealous lover, and somebody getting punched in the face. “Soledad” was written when Cervantes was 9.No me toques (Don't Touch Me)
Un recuerdo (Reminiscence)
La celosa (Jealous Woman)
El velorio (The Wake)
Mensaje (The Message)
Duchas frias (Cold Shower)
Improvisada (Improvized)
Picotazos (The Fighting Cock Attacks)
Decision (Decision)
Pst! (The Whisper)
Tiene que ser (It Must Be)
Ilusiones perdidas (Lost lllusions)
Los tres golpes (Three Strikes)
Siempre si (Always "Yes")
Homenaje (Homage)
No llores mas (Weep No More)
Por que, eh? (Why, Eh?)
Invitacion (Invitation)
Lejos de ti! (Far Away From You)
Te quiero tanto! (I love You Very Much)
La carcajada (Laughter)
La cortesana (Lady in Waitlng)
Adios a Cuba (Farewell To Cuba)
Amen (Amen)
Vuelta al hogar (Retum To The Hearth)
Cri-cri (Cri-Cri)
No bailes mas (Dance No More)
La encantadora (Charming girl)
La glorieta (Little Gloria)
Almendares (Almendares, Cuba)
Interrumpida (Interrupted)
Amistad (Friendship)
Se fue y no vuelve mas (The Departed One Who Will Never Return)
Zigs-zags (Zigs-Zags)
Intima (Intimate)
La camagueyana (The Girl From Camaguey) Piano Duet
Gran sen ora (Great Lady)
Soledad (Loneliness)
Los delirios de Rosita (Rosita's Deliriums) Piano Duet