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I wrote "Tocororo" in the summer of 2000, when requested by guitarist friends Rene Izquierdo and Bryce Dessner to write a piece for them to record and perform. Because Rene is Cuban (and because of the rich history of the Spanish and Latin American guitar repertoire), I decided to incorporate some Cuban ideas into the piece. “Tocororo” is the local term for the national bird of Cuba.