Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicomedes Santa Cruz

Peruvian musician

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1925

Place of Birth: Lima Province, Lima, Peru

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1992

Profession: writer, composer, poet, singer, blacksmith, journalist, folklorist

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Nicomedes Santa Cruz Gamarra (June 4, 1925 – February 5, 1992) was a Peruvian singer, songwriter and musicologist.
He was primarily a decimista (or decimero), a singer of décimas.
He researched most forms of Afro-Peruvian music and dance, becoming the leading ethnomusicologist in Peru.