Ernesto Lecouna "African Cuban Dance" Play On

Ernesto lecouna(1895- 1963) is the first half of the twentieth Century the most important musician. In 1895, the Guanabake lecouna was born in the suburbs of Havana, he had shown great musical talent. When he was 17 years old, he won the gold medal at the National College of music with an excellent piano performance, and successfully completed his studies. In 1916, he came to New York tour for the first time in a place outside Havana public appearance. Seven years later, he became world-famous pianist, and once again came to New York and began to devote himself to his music. His works have the power to attract people, was elected as "Gershwin in cuba". The African, Cuban dance "by the drum at midnight", the black dance, "the Negro women just hop dance", "African Dance", "Cuba tribal dance", "Carnival Day parade, the first six of this music composition is lecouna creation very African music characteristic of Cuban dance. The name "suite Africa- Cuban dance" clearly illustrates the characteristics of the material and.This paper is divided into three chapters on "lecouna Africa- Cuban dance" this work studied. The first chapter introduces the lecouna’s piano music creation situation, and discusses the creation background and significance of the African, Cuban dance ". The second chapter carries on the research of the music structure analysis and analyzes the artistic characteristic and the creation technique. The third chapter makes a detailed introduction of the music playing skills and key points. After consulting a lot of literature, the author put forward some personal opinions according to his own understanding and practical experience, hoping to provide reference and reference for others to learn and play this work.