| Document | Date | Century | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Isabelle de VaIois, household accounts. | 1563 | 16cent/2/mid | Madrid | Madrid |
In the in the accounts of Queen Isabelle de Valois for July and October 1561, seven vihuela-players (musicos de vihuela) are mentioned (Luis Mazollaro, Esteban Dico, Nicolas Branton, Antonio Dico, Bautista Topiars, Clemente da Crema and a musette player, Francisco Baillo,)
| Document type | Subject | Siglum | Archive name | Call no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| archival document | Vihuelas | AGS | Archivo General de Simancas | CSR Leg. 37, fol. 3 and 27 |
Músicos de vihuela
El dicho dia. A los siete músicos de vihuela a cada uno de ellos dos cientos y veinte y cinco reales a quenta de sus gajes
| Name | Status when cited | Social status |
|---|---|---|
| Valois, Isabel de | Living | Royalty |
| Mazollaro, Luis | Living | Artisan |
Original text: given in corona1999, document reproductions fig1 and fig. 2, pp. 310-311. The payments are to musicians Isabel had brought to Spain from France: Luis Mazollaro, Esteban Dico, Nicolas Branton, Antonio Dico, Bautista Topiars, Clemente da Crema and a musette player, Francisco Baillo, and who figure in her accounts from 1560-1569.
| Code | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| corona1999 | Corona-Alcalde, Antonio. | “The Players and Performance Practice of the Vihuela and its related Instruments, the Lute and the Guitar, from c. 1450 to c.1650. as revealed by a Study of Literary, Musical, Theoretical, and Archival Sources”. Diss. King's College, University of London, 1999. | |
| robledo2000 | Robledo Estaire, Luis, Tess Knighton, Cristina Bordas, and Juan José Carreras. | Aspectos de la cultura musical en la Corte de Felipe II, Madrid: Fundación Caja Madrid; Alpuerto, 2000. |