Manuel Saumell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manuel Saumell

Cuban musician

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1818

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1870

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, musician

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Manuel Saumell Robredo (19 April 1818 – 14 August 1870), was a Cuban composer known for his invention and development of genuinely creolized forms of music.
For this reason he gets the credit for being the first to cultivate Cuban musical nationalism, and is of similar standing to Glinka who initiated Russian musical nationalism with A Life for the Tsar at about the same time.