Nicasio Jiménez (born 12 March 1849, d. 1891) was a Cuban violin-cellist. He was the son of violinist

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and half brother of pianist and composer

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. His sisters Inés and Arcadia Jiménez were singers. Nicasio's mother was named Mercedes Antonica Boggiano. His grandfather

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was an orchestra and band leader.

Life

Nicasio Gregorio Jiménez was born in Trinidad, Cuba, Las Villas province. Jiménez studied music as a child with his father and traveled to Germany with his father and brother in 1867 to study music at the Leipzig Conservatory. He became noted as a cellist and took a position as Professor of Violincello at the Conservatory of Tours. With his father and brother, Nicasio formed one of the first all black ensembles, billed as "Das Negertrio", and successfully toured in Europe, the

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and in Cuba as a soloist and with the ensemble, playing mostly 19th-century

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compositions.

References

1849 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Cuban male musicians Cuban cellists Cuban violinists People from Trinidad, Cuba Cuban music educators {{Cuba-musician-stub