Armando Rodríguez-González

For other notable Armando Rodriguezes, see Armando Rodriguez.

Armando Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Born	23 April 1889 Miraflores, Boyeros, Havana, Cuba
Died	1965 Havana, Cuba

Jorge Gustavo Armando Rodríguez-González (23 April 1889 – 1965) was a Cuban composer and musician. Rodriguez-Gonzalez played numerous musical instruments and played in various bands and orchestras during his long career. He also composed many pieces of music, such as Aurora and Por Que Te Fuiste.

He was the son of Jose de Jesus Rodriguez-Ferrer and Maria Andrea Gonzalez-Ramos. His uncle, Antonio Rodriguez-Ferrer, was the composer of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem. On July 4, 1913, he married Isolina Caridad Fontanills-de Ugarte, one of the first women to have graduated from a Cuban school in nursing. They had two daughters, Maria del Carmen and Lucia Josefina Rodriguez-Fontanills, in additioned he raised his orphaned niece, Amelia Rogelia Penichet-Rodriguez. His grandson Clemente G. Gomez-Rodriguez is a writer and attorney.

His family at one point owed what is now known as Reparto de Miraflores Viejo (neighborhood of Old Miraflores) and he lived his entire life at Calle Primera #40, esquina J, in Miraflores (original house torn down in 1950s). He died of cancer in 1965.

References

• http://www.nacion.cult.cu/en/arf.htm Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)