Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer

Antonio Rodríguez Ferrer (August 23, 1864 – October 22, 1935) was a Cuban composer and band conductor.

In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem. He was a professor of music and conducted choirs and bands. Besides composing music for bands, he composed two symphonies, Preludio Tematico and Fantasia, and a series of Danzas Cubanas for piano. In 1918, he was awarded the prize for music by the National Academy of Arts and Letters. His nephew, Jorge Gustavo Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez (1889–1966) was also a composer/musician and his great-grandnephew is the writer/lawyer Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez.

References

• Sucesivas Ediciones y Extranjerismos Introducidos en el Himno, Diario de la Marina, November 11, 1954 article(in Spanish)
• Symbols of the Cuban Nation article Archived 2016-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Symbols of the Cuban Nation article Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)