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'''Joaquín Nin y Castellanos''' (September 29, 1879, [[Havana]] – October 24, 1949,<ref>Latin American Classical Composers. A biographical dictionary. First edition. Edited by Miguel Ficher, Martha Furman Schleifer, and John M. Furman.</ref> Havana) was a [[Spain|Spanish]]-[[Cuba]]n [[pianist]] and [[composer]].
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| death_place = Havana, [[Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)|Republic of Cuba]]
| spouse = Rosa Culmell
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'''Joaquín Nin y Castellanos'''{{family name footnote|Nin|Castellanos|lang=Spanish}} (29 September 1879 – 24 October 1949)<ref>Latin American Classical Composers. A biographical dictionary. First edition. Edited by Miguel Ficher, Martha Furman Schleifer, and John M. Furman.</ref> was a [[Cubans|Cuban]] [[pianist]] and [[composer]]. Nin was the father of [[Anaïs Nin]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Nin studied piano with [[Moritz Moszkowski]] and composition at the [[Schola Cantorum]] (where he taught from 1906 to 1908). He toured as a pianist and was known as a composer and arranger of popular Spanish folk music. Nin was a member of the Spanish Academy and the [[French Legion of Honor]].<ref>Taylor, Deems. "Dictionary of Musicians". ''Music Lovers' Encyclopedia''. 4th ed. 1950. Important works for Violin and Piano: Seguida Española (Vieja Castilla, Murciana, Catalana, Andaluza), En el Jardin de Lindaraja, </ref>
He was son of the Catalan writer Joaquin Nin Tudó and Àngela Castellanos Perdomo, a Cuban from Camagüey.<ref>«[https://www.enciclopedia.cat/ec-gec-0046119.xml Joaquim Nin i Castellanos]». L'Enciclopèdia.cat. Barcelona: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.</ref> Nin studied piano with [[Moritz Moszkowski]] and composition at the [[Schola Cantorum de Paris|Schola Cantorum]] (where he taught from 1906 to 1908). He toured as a pianist and was known as a composer and arranger of popular Spanish folk music. Nin was a member of the [[Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando]] of Madrid and the [[French Legion of Honor]].<ref>Taylor, Deems. "Dictionary of Musicians". ''Music Lovers' Encyclopedia''. 4th ed. 1950. Important works for Violin and Piano: Seguida Española (Vieja Castilla, Murciana, Catalana, Andaluza), En el Jardin de Lindaraja.</ref>


He was the father of Thorvald Nin, composer [[Joaquín Nin-Culmell]], and writer [[Anaïs Nin]] with singer Rosa Culmell.
Married since 1902 with the Cuban singer Rosa Culmell, they were the parents of writer [[Anaïs Nin]], businessman Thorvald Nin, and composer [[Joaquín Nin-Culmell]].


Joaquín Nin appears as one of the characters in the novel ''[[The Island of Eternal Love]]'' (Riverhead, 2008), by Cuban writer [[Daína Chaviano]].
Joaquín Nin appears as one of the characters in the novel ''[[The Island of Eternal Love]]'' (Riverhead, 2008), by Cuban writer [[Daína Chaviano]].


== Memory ==
== Memory ==


In her diaries and fiction, his psychoanalytically oriented writer daughter [[Anaïs Nin]] often attempts to explain her own personality and problems by recalling how her father treated her as a child. She was also close to him off and on as an adult. Her "unexpurgated" diary volume ''[[Incest: From a Journal of Love]]'' describes an adult incestuous relationship with him. He also appears in her fiction. She describes him as an egotistical Don Juan, and she imitated him at times by being a "Doña Juana".
In her memoirs and fiction, his daughter [[Anaïs Nin]] often attempts to consider aspects of her own nature by recalling how her father treated her as a child. Her "unexpurgated" diary volume ''[[Incest: From a Journal of Love]]'' describes an incestuous relationship with him in adulthood. She described him as an egotistical Don Juan and would often imitate him by affecting a "Doña Juana" persona.

==Notes==
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== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 10 July 2024

Joaquín Nin
Nin c. 1912
Born
Joaquín Nin y Castellanos

(1879-09-29)29 September 1879
Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire
Died24 October 1949(1949-10-24) (aged 70)
Havana, Republic of Cuba
SpouseRosa Culmell
Children

Joaquín Nin y Castellanos[a] (29 September 1879 – 24 October 1949)[1] was a Cuban pianist and composer. Nin was the father of Anaïs Nin.

Biography

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He was son of the Catalan writer Joaquin Nin Tudó and Àngela Castellanos Perdomo, a Cuban from Camagüey.[2] Nin studied piano with Moritz Moszkowski and composition at the Schola Cantorum (where he taught from 1906 to 1908). He toured as a pianist and was known as a composer and arranger of popular Spanish folk music. Nin was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando of Madrid and the French Legion of Honor.[3]

Married since 1902 with the Cuban singer Rosa Culmell, they were the parents of writer Anaïs Nin, businessman Thorvald Nin, and composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell.

Joaquín Nin appears as one of the characters in the novel The Island of Eternal Love (Riverhead, 2008), by Cuban writer Daína Chaviano.

Memory

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In her memoirs and fiction, his daughter Anaïs Nin often attempts to consider aspects of her own nature by recalling how her father treated her as a child. Her "unexpurgated" diary volume Incest: From a Journal of Love describes an incestuous relationship with him in adulthood. She described him as an egotistical Don Juan and would often imitate him by affecting a "Doña Juana" persona.

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nin and the second or maternal family name is Castellanos.

References

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  1. ^ Latin American Classical Composers. A biographical dictionary. First edition. Edited by Miguel Ficher, Martha Furman Schleifer, and John M. Furman.
  2. ^ «Joaquim Nin i Castellanos». L'Enciclopèdia.cat. Barcelona: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  3. ^ Taylor, Deems. "Dictionary of Musicians". Music Lovers' Encyclopedia. 4th ed. 1950. Important works for Violin and Piano: Seguida Española (Vieja Castilla, Murciana, Catalana, Andaluza), En el Jardin de Lindaraja.
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