2 A Cuban Beethoven?

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Contributors

Alexandre Bischofberger, Lisa Korge, Kristin Nickel, Martin Rempe

Archives and Sources

Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba José Martí, Havanna
Gabinete de Patrimonio Musical Esteban Salas, Havanna
Museo Nacional de la Música, Havanna

Le Figaro (Paris)
La Gaceta de la Habana (Havanna)
La Gazette musicale (Paris)
L’Illustration (Paris)
Le Ménestrel (Paris)
The New York Tribune (USA)

Corbineau-Hoffmann, Angelika, Mythos Beethoven, in: Heinz von Loesch / Claus Raab (Hg.), Das Beethoven-Lexikon, Laaber 2008, p. 521-525.
Echanove, Carlos A., José White en el recuerdo de un discípulo, in: Humanismo 57 (1959).
Martí, José, Obras Completas Edición Crítica, Havanna 2009.
Ramírez, Serafín, La Habana artística. Apuntes históricos, Havanna 2017.
Trotter, James M., Music and Some Highly Musical People, Boston / New York 1878.

Musik and Sound

Beethoven, Ludwig van, Violinsonate Nr. 2 in A-Dur, op. 12, 1st movement; performed by Carrie Rehkopf. CC BY-SA 3.0
Beethoven, Ludwig van, Violinsonate Nr. 8 in G-Dur, op. 30, 3rd movement; performed by Paul Rosenthal and Edward Auer. CC BY-SA 2.0
Beethoven, Ludwig van, Violinsonate Nr. 9 in A-Dur, op. 47, 3rd movement; performed by Paul Rosenthal and Edward Auer. CC BY-SA 2.0 
Bizet, George, Habanera from: Carmen; performed by Jenny Lee Mitchell. CC BY-SA 3.0
Da Silva, Francisco Manuel, Hino Nacional Brasileiro; performed by the United States Navy Band. Public Domain
Rossini, Gioachino, Largo al factotum from: Il barbiere di Siviglia, performed by the United States Navy Band. Public Domain
White, José, La Bella Cubana; performed by El Trio Cubano. Public Domain

Dawn In A Suburban Garden, © copyright 2021 BBC 
Royal Albert Hall: Enthusiastic applause, © copyright 2021 BBC 
Vinyl rewind, TasmanianPower @ freesound.org, CC0 1.0
Small Crowd pre-concert, JohnsonBrandEditing @ freesound.org, CC0 1.0 
Crowd & Massive Events, Robinhood76 @ freesound.org, CC BY-NC 3.0
Three cannon shots, originalmaja @ freesound.org, CC BY-NC 3.0 
Civil war battle noise, adeluc4 @ freesound.org, CC0 1.0 
War Noises, gkillhour @ freesound.org, CC BY 3.0 
Civil war gun fire, electra @ freesound.org, CC0 1.0 

Further reading

Boyadjiev, Yavet, José White Laffita (1835-1918): A Biography and a Study of his Six Études, op. 13., Diss. New York 2015.
Boyadjiev, Yavet, El violinista José White en Estados Unidos. Nueva información acerca de su gira norteamericana de 1875-1876, in: Revista Musical Chilena 72:230 (2018), p. 115-45.
Faivre d'Arcier, Sabine, José White y su tiempo, Havanna 1997.
Geck, Martin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Reinbek 92020.
Magaldi, Cristina, José White in Brazil, 1879-1889, in: Inter-American Music Review, 14:2 (1995), p. 1-19.
Magaldi, Cristina, Music for the Elite: Musical Societies in Imperial Rio de Janeiro, 16:1 (1995), p. 1-41.
Milanca Guzmán, Mario, José White en Venezuela, in: Revista Musical Chilena, 44:173 (1990), p. 25-64.
Sublette, Ned, Cuba and It's Music. From the First Drums to the Mambo, Chicago 2004.
Toledo, Armando, White en Cuba, in: Revista Musical Chilena, 44:173 (1990), p. 5-24.
Trujillo, Iraida / María Victoria Oliver, José White, Matanzas 2005.
Wright, Josephine, Violinist José White in Paris, 1855-1875, in: Black Music Research Journal, 10:2 (1990), p. 213-32.