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{{Short description|Cuban musician (1880–1922)}}
{{family name hatnote|Peña|Sánchez|lang=Spanish}}
[[Image:Peña.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Orquesta Enrique Peña'', with Peña seated left]]
'''Enrique Peña Sánchez''' (17 July 1880 – 13 April 1922) was a leading [[Cubans|Cuban]] [[cornet]] player, orchestra leader and composer.<ref>Giro, Radamés 2007. ''Diccionario encyclopédico de la música en Cuba''. La Habana. vol 3, p216</ref><ref>Orovio, Helio 1981. ''Diccionario de la música cubana''. La Habana, p294. Orovio gives the dates as 1881-1924, and describes him as a clarinet player (Cuban musicians are often multi-instrumentalists). Here we go with the later and more comprehensive source.</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Puerto Padre]], a small town in the old province of [[Oriente Province|Oriente]], Peña studied with Marcos González and José Santos Betancourt. In 1902 he moved to Havana, and founded the band ''La Juventud'', with himself as director and cornet, Rogelio Solis ([[double bass]]), [[Félix González (musician)|Félix González]] ([[ophicleide]]), [[José Belén Puig]] (first [[clarinet]]), [[José Urfé]] (second clarinet), José de los Reyes ([[kettle drum]]) and Rufino Cárdenas ([[güiro]]). This band had several members who became well known; Puig went on to become a famous leader of his own [[Charanga (Cuba)|charanga]]. The band functioned until 1906.

His second band was called the ''[[Orquesta típica]] de Enrique Peña''. Its line-up was Peña (cornet); Antonio González (trombone); Féliz González (figle); José Belén Puig (1st clarinet); José Urfé (2nd clarinet); Julián Barreto (violin); Alfredo Sáenz (violin); José de los Reyes (tympani); Rufino Cárdenas (güíro) and unknown (double bass). This orchestra became famous for being the first to play ''El bombín de Barreto'' (Barreto's bowler hat), written by Urfé, which was supposedly the first [[danzón]] to incorporate a [[syncopated]] third part, influenced by the [[Son Cubano|son]]. The group recorded about 150 numbers,<ref>Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal 1994. ''Cuba canta y baila: discografía de la música cubana 1898–1925''. Fundación Musicalia, San Juan P.R. p121 et seq.</ref> some of which are available on CD.<ref>Arhoolie/Folklyric CD 7032 ''The Cuban danzón: before there was jazz: 1905–1929'' presents three numbers.</ref>

Peña was a prolific composer of danzones, amongst which are ''El ñáñigo'', ''El dengue'', ''El demonio de la negra'', ''La flor de Cuba'', ''Malabares'' and ''Edén concert''. He died in [[Havana]].

==See also==
* [[Early Cuban bands]]

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