Catalina Berroa Ojea was a Cuban

Cubans

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 pianist, music teacher and composer. She was born in Trinidad

Trinidad, Cuba

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, Las Villas

Santa Clara Province

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, and studied with local teachers to master several instruments. She operated a music academy in Trinidad where she taught students including her nephew, pianist and composer Lico Jimenez

José Manuel Jiménez Berroa

José Manuel Jiménez Berroa was a Cuban pianist and composer.-Life:José Manuel Jiménez was born in Trinidad, Cuba, Las Villas province into a musical family. He was the son of Maria Andrea Berroa and violinist Jose Julian Jiménez and was baptized in 1852 at the Parochial Church of the Santísima...

. She also worked as organist in the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, and as organist and choir conductor of the Holy Trinity Church.

Berroa played cello in a trio with Manuel Jimenez on violin and Ana Luisa Vivanco on piano. She also performed as violinist of the Brunet Theater orchestra.

Works

Berroa composed songs, guaracha

Guaracha

The guaracha is a genre of Cuban popular music, of rapid tempo and with lyrics. The word had been used in this sense at least since the late 18th and early 19th century. Guarachas were played and sung in musical theatres and in low-class dance salons. They became an integral part of Bufo comic...

s, hymns and liturgical

Liturgical music

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and sacred music. Selected works include:

• Song The Trinity, 1867
• Song, Song of Belisa and Josefa, 1902
• Condemned, The Talisman, Consciousness, The appeal, Rosa Gentile, all voice and guitar
• Guaracha Cerro De La Habana, cat's dinner
• Conchita March
• May Flowers Church Music, for horn and piano
• The Virgin of Cuba, for chorus
• Osalutaris, for voice and organ
• Save for two voices, for voice and organ
• Cecilia Waltz for piano and band
• The black Michael and Flowers, for piano

Her music has been recorded and issued on media, including:

• Vocal Recital: Provedo, Lucy - PALAU, R.L./SANCHEZ, J.P./DE BLANCK, H./ANCKERMANN, C./AGUERO, G./JIMENEZ, J.M. (La Perla) Colibri CD-091