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Word: comparsa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doubt as to who is the chief songwriter in that melodious land. He is Ernesto Lecuona. He wrote the famed, romantic air which outsiders could scarcely be blamed for supposing was the Cuban National Anthem-Siboney.* He wrote Canto Karabali (Jungle Drums), Andalucia (The Breeze and I), La Comparsa, Say Si Si, Maria La O, and a host of other numbers which have made Cuban melody world-famed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cuban Attache | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

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