Lecuona

[ luh-kwoh-nuh; Spanish le-kwaw-nah ]

noun

1. Er·nes·to [e, r, -, nes, -taw], 1896–1963, Cuban composer.

Example Sentences

As pleased as Malinin was with his short program, set to “Malagueña” by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, the reigning U.S. champion thought there was room to improve.

From Washington Times

As pleased as Malinin was with his short program, set to “Malagueña” by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, the reigning U.S. champion thought there was room to improve.

From Seattle Times

Malinin began his short program, set to “Malagueña” by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, with a quad toe loop in which he spun so fast he was a blur.

From Seattle Times

His grandfather, Francisco Formell, was a conductor of the Havana Philharmonic and the arranger for the Lecuona Cuban Boys, a popular big band starting in the 1930s.

From New York Times

But at least it gets these supplely skilled dancers moving, with an odd but often persuasive musicality: slinking, measuring space, poking at one another to a mixtape score that shuffles Ernesto Lecuona, Panda Bear and Arvo Pärt.

From New York Times