Eliseo Grenet(1893-1950)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Mama Inez"), composer and author, educated at the Cons.
Nacional de Musica in Havana. In 1920, he conducted a theatrical group
and toured Mexico and Central America, then founded his own troupe to
perform his own compositions. At the Seville Expos, he was awarded the
Gold Medal for folklore compositions, and then he went on to score
films in France, Mexico and Cuba. His stage scores include "La Virgen
Morena", "Nina Rita", and "La Camagueyana". Joining ASCAP in 1937, his
chief musical collaborators included Al Stillman, Bickley Reichner,
Marion Sunshine, Nat Burton, and Walter Kent. His other popular-song
compositions include "Habanera", "Lamento Esclavo", "Facundo", "Rica
Pulpa", "Spic and Spanish", "True and Sincere Love", "I'll Always
Remember", "Cuba de mi Vida", "The Lady Likes to Love", "Congo Conga",
and "Viena la Conga".
