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Joaquín Nin-Culmell

Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (died 2004)

Born
September 5, 1908
Died
January 14, 2004
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1908

About Joaquín Nin-Culmell

Joaquín María Nin-Culmell was a Cuban-Spanish composer, internationally known concert pianist, and emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley. Joaquín María Nin-Culmell (5 September 1908 – 14 January 2004) was a Cuban-Spanish composer, internationally known concert pianist, and emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley. After his parents separated, his mother moved Nin-Culmell, his sister Anaïs and brother Thorvald, to New York City, where they lived for nine years. Nin-Culmell was a closet homosexual and lived with a male partner later in life.

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The world when Joaquín Nin-Culmell was born

Joaquín Nin-Culmell was born in 1908. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1908

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Crewe's Career" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win World Series
  • Top headlineFord Model T goes on sale — $850
  • Technology milestoneFord Model T — affordable automobile for the masses
  • Defining fadAutomobile craze
  • World population~1.68B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population87.4M

1908 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Joaquín Nin-Culmell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19082026
Population87.4M341 million

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