| Document | Date | Century | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardo Prospero, letter to Isabella d’Este. | 1493.03.06 | 15cent/3/late | Milano | Italy |
Letter from Bernardo Prospero, Chancellor of Ferrara, to Isabella d’Este. 6 March 1493.
| Document type | Subject | Siglum | Archive name | Call no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| archival document | Persons Vihuelas |
Heri anche il prefato Duca di Bari gli condusse Madama & tuta la turba, e poi se presono a fare sonare quellj sonadorij spagnoli che mandó el Reverendissimo Monsignore Ascanio da Roma, qualj so[n]ano viole grande quasi come mj, & invero il sonare suo è più presto dolce che de multa arte.
| Name | Status when cited | Social status |
|---|---|---|
| d’Este, Isabella | Living | Nobility |
He tells Isabella how impressed he was by the Spanish musicians he heard in Milan who played on “viole quasi grande come me” and that it was “piu presto dolce que de multa arte” more sweet that of great art]. These musicians were sent to Milan from Rome by Ascanio Sforza. See minamino2004-2, p. 183, who summarises from prizer1982 (see below). Text reproduced in corona2004-1 p. 21.
| Code | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| corona2004-1 | Corona-Alcalde, Antonio. | “L’organologie de la vihuela”. Aux origines de la guitare: la vihuela de mano. Ed. Joël Dugot. Paris: Musée de la Musique, 2004. 16-28. | |
| minamino2004-2 | Minamino, Hiroyuki. | “The Spanish Plucked Viola in Renaissance Italy, 1480-1530”. Early Music 32 (2004): 177-193. | |
| prizer1982 | Prizer, William F. | “Isabella d'Este and Lorenzo da Pavia, master instrument-maker”. Early Music History 2 (1982): 87-127. | |
| vald1884 | Valdrighi, Luigi. | Nomocheliurgografia antica e moderna. Modena, 1884. | |
| ward1953 | Ward, John M. | “The ‘Vihuela de mano’ and its Music, 1536-1576”. Diss., New York University, 1953. |