Nicomedes Santa Cruz Gamarra was a Peruvian singer, songwriter and musicologist. He was primarily a decimista, a singer of décimas. He researched most forms of Afro-Peruvian music and dance, becoming the leading ethnomusicologist in Peru.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 1992 · aged 66
Written about in
9 languages
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