Background
José Julián Jiménez was born in Trinidad, Las Villas, Cuba, the son of orchestra conductor Francisco Nicasio Jiménez.
José Julián Jiménez was born in Trinidad, Las Villas, Cuba, the son of orchestra conductor Francisco Nicasio Jiménez.
He studied with Luigi Arditi in Havana, and continued his studies in harmony, violin and piano in Leipzig.
Jiménez played violin in the Gewandhause Orchestra. He founded a Cuban dance band in 1849, and composed primarily danzas and guarachas. He died in Havana.