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José Julián Jiménez

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José Julián Jiménez (born 9 January 1823, died 1880) was a Cuban violinist and composer.

Early years

José Julián Jiménez was born in Trinidad, Las Villas, Cuba, the son of orchestra conductor Francisco Nicasio Jiménez.[1] He studied with Luigi Arditi in Havana,[2] and continued his studies in harmony, violin and piano in Leipzig.

Career

Jiménez was born into a musical family and was brother-in-law to composer Catalina Berroa and father of cellist Nicasio and pianist Lico Jiménez.[3][4] His daughters Inés and Arcadia Jiménez were singers.[5]

Jiménez played violin in the Gewandhause Orchestra. With his sons, he formed one of the first all black ensembles, billed as "Das Negertrio",[6] and successfully toured in Europe, the Americas and in Cuba, both as a soloist and with the ensemble, playing mostly 19th-century Romantic compositions.[7] He founded a Cuban dance band in 1849, and composed primarily danzas and guarachas. He died in Havana.[8]

References

  1. ^ "A Liszt of Cuban Ebony". Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ^ Carpentier, Alejo (2001). Music in Cuba (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ Helio Orovio Cuban Music from A to Z - Page 116 2004 "Jiménez , José Julián ... As an adolescent, José Julián Jiménez traveled to Leipzig, Germany, where he studied piano, violin, and harmony. He was a violinist with the Gewandhause Orchestra in that city. As a soloist and also with his sons, he gave concerts in Cuba"
  4. ^ Lopes, Nei (2004). Enciclopédia brasileira da diáspora africana. Page 360 "JIMÉNEZ. Família de ilustres músicos cubanos naturais de Trinidad, entre os quais destacam-se: José Julián Jiménez (1823-80), falecido em Havana, pianista, violinista, compositor, chefe de orquestra e autor de numerosas danzas .."
  5. ^ Sanjurjo, Elena Pérez (1986). Historia de la música cubana.
  6. ^ Hamilton, Ruth Simms (2007). Routes of passage: rethinking the African diaspora: Volume 1, Part 1.
  7. ^ Wright, Josephine (1981). Das Negertrio Jimenez in Europe. The Black Perspective in Music, Foundation for Research in the Afro-American Creative Arts. JSTOR 1214195.
  8. ^ Orovio, Helio (2004). Cuban music from A to Z (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 27 January 2011.