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{{Short description|Musical artist (1879–1957)}}
{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = José Urfé
| image = Urfe72.jpg
| caption =
| landscape =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = José Urfé González
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|2|6|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Madruga]], [[Cuba]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|11|14|1879|2|6}}
| death_place = [[Havana]], [[Cuba]]
| origin =
| instrument = [[Clarinet]]
| genre = [[Danzón]], [[contradanza]], [[criolla]]
| occupation = Musician, composer
| years_active =
| label =
| associated_acts = [[Enrique Peña Sánchez|Enrique Peña]], [[Early Cuban bands#Orquesta de Félix González|Félix González]]
| website =
}}
'''José Urfé González''' (February 6, 1879 – November 14, 1957) was a Cuban clarinetist and composer. An innovator of the [[danzón]], his 1910 composition "[[El bombín de Barreto]]" pioneered the introduction of elements from [[son cubano]] into the genre.<ref>Giro, Radamés (2007). ''Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba, Vol. 4''. La Habana, Cuba: Letras Cubanas. p. 225.</ref>

Urfé was born in [[Madruga]], [[Havana Province]], on February 6, 1879.<ref name="HO">{{cite book|last1=Orovio|first1=Helio|title=Cuban Music from A to Z|date=2004|publisher=Tumi|location=Bath, UK|page=216|isbn=9780822385219|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JUr9ZtK1Wn0C}}</ref> He studied music with several tutors in his home town and in Havana before joining the Teatro Payret orchestra, where he was coached by Pedro Pablo Díaz. In 1902 he was one of the founding members of [[Enrique Peña Sánchez|Enrique Peña]]'s orchestra, where he played second clarinet to José Belén Puig. Later the two clarinetists left to join the [[Early Cuban bands#Orquesta de Félix González|Félix González]] band.

Urfé composed [[Habanera (music)|habanera]]s, [[criolla]]s, [[danzón|danzones]] and religious music. He travelled to [[Mexico]] and the [[United States]] as a member of theatre orchestras. His famous number "[[El bombín de Barreto]]" (1910) incorporated a sychopated third part derived from the son. It was named after his friend's bowler hat. Other well-known compositions by Urfé include "Fefita", "Nena", "El churrero", "El dios chino" and "El progreso".

Urfé died in [[Havana]] on November 14, 1957. He was survived by his four sons, Odilio, Orestes, José and Esteban, all of whom were musicians.<ref name="HO" />

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[[Category:Contradanza]]
[[Category:Danzón musicians]]
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[[Category:Victor Records artists]]
[[Category:People from Madruga]]
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