Nicasio Safadi Reves (Reves is the translation of Rbeiz) (1902 – October 29, 1968 in

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) was an

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

ian musician Born in the Ottoman Empire, he went to Ecuador when he was five years old. He learnt to play the

vihuela The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...

, the

tiple A tiple (, literally treble or soprano), is a plucked typically 12-string chordophone of the guitar family. A tiple player is called a ''tiplista''. The first mention of the tiple comes from musicologist Pablo Minguet e Irol in 1752. Although ma ...

, the guitar, the lute and the mandolin. He was in several musical groups before he joined Enrique Ibáñez in "Dúo Ecuador".

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1902 births 1968 deaths Ecuadorian musicians Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Ecuador {{Ecuador-musician-stub