Patricio Ballagas
(1879-1920)
Cuban musician
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Patricio Ballagas Palacio (Camagüey, 17 March 1879 – Havana, 15 February 1920) was a Cuban composer and guitarist, considered an important innovator in trova music. His compositions were written in 4 time when most others were composing in 4 time; and more important, he invented 'double text', where the melody is superimposed over the lead vocal, which then becomes the second voice. He introduced contracanto into the trova form, so that the second voice changes from being intimately connected to the first voice to becoming a melodic and harmonic expression with its own identity.
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17 March 1879
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15 February 1920 (aged 40)
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