Cuban musicologist, ethnographer, and music researcher (1920–2021)
María Teresa Linares Savio
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Maria Teresa Linares Savio (14 August 1920 – 26 January 2021) was a Cuban musicologist, ethnographer, and researcher of Cuban music. She had a degree from the University of Havana in Literature and Hispanic Language Majoring Cuban Studies, a PhD in Art Sciences, and a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Superior Arts Institute of Cuba (1996). Linares taught in Havana’s prestigious music conservatories Amadeo Roldán and Alejandro García Caturla, as well as lecturing at the University of Havana. Since a young age she was involved in music interpretation and investigation.