Bernardo, Jose Raul 3.oct.1938-4.feb.2008 Cuba, Havana - USA NY, Downsville
pianist, conductor, architect, novelist, 1958 BM from Havana Conservatory Cuba, 1963 emigrated as refugee to the USA, settling in New York City residing at 240 West 98th Street, 3.sep.1969 naturalized American, 1969 MM from Miami University Florida, 1972 PhD from Columbia University New York City, 1967-1970 professor of music at City College New York, 1974-1976 at Columbia University, 1995 lived in Downsville in the Catskill Mountains, 1997 started writing novels ; son of Jose Bernardo and Raquel Perez ; 8.sep.2000 in Bennington he married Roberta Leslie Joyner

[Anderson 1976 gives erroneously Bernardo, Jose Paul]

Title	Parts

[] Sonata for amplified piano. 1973
[] Canciones negras. 1973
[] The child. Opera. Lake George Opera, Albany NY 8aug1974 libretto after Jose Marti
[] Of things past. Concerto and ballet. 1975
[] Something for the palace. Opera. Central City Opera, New York 1981
[] Welcome to Miami, Cubanos. Motion picture. 1981 written by Luis Santeiro, Michael Bonadies, Franklin Getchell, music Jose Raul Bernardo
[] Unavoidable consequences. Opera. 1983
[] The promise. Musical. 1984 music with Robert Toyner
[] Canto Cubano "Exilio". Viola and orchestra. 1996
[] Concierto Cubano barrocco. Violin and orchestra. 2002
[] Silent wing. Viola and piano. 2004
[] Into the light. Harpsichord concerto. 2005
[] An American anthem
[] Taliesin symphony
[] El yunque. Violin concerto
[] Sonata for percussive piano
[] The Cuban baroque suite. Orchestra	[] 1 - Overture [] 2 - Fanfare [] 3 - Habanera [] 4 - Danzon [] 5 - Aria [] 6 - Beguine [] 7 - Zapateo [] 8 - Minueto [] 9 - Rumba finale

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