Alejo Carpentier: I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.

-- Alejo Carpentier


		Name: Alejo Carpentier Type: Novelist Nationality: Cuban Birth: December 26, 1904 Death: April 24, 1980

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