Two new works by the Cuban composer Magaly Ruiz

We are very happy to welcome the noted Cuban composer, Magaly Ruiz to our roster of composers. Ms. Ruiz at the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana where she was later named as a professor. Her works have been performed all over the world and she is cited in the New Grove, as well as in the «Diccionario Iberoamericano de la Música».

Magaly Ruiz is especially influenced by Cuban popular music and many of her works use forms such as the Son, the Habanera and other dance forms. She uses extended tonal vocabulary, which she combines with extended techniques (flutter-tonguing, quarter-tones, glissandi etc) to create a style which is at once modern and linked with tradition.

Her work "Danzon" for Solo Tenor Saxophone was commissioned by the Adkins-Chiti Donne in Musica foundation for the 1998 Donne in Musica Festival in Fiuggi, Italy. I had the honor of performing the première of this work there, which I prepared with Ms. Ruiz. So, I am especially proud that this work is now in our catalog.

The other work is entitled "Preludio y Fuga" and is scored for SATB Saxophone Quartet The work is also strongly marked by the influence of Cuban popular music. The "Fugue" section is closer in form to an invention, rather than a formal "school" fugue, but uses a highly contrapuntal texture with lots of interest for all four instruments.

Both works are available in our Saxophone music catalog