| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Alonso | M | P0006 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela | Violero | Artisan | Urban | Maker Maker (violero) Violero (inst maker) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1556 | Valladolid | 16cent/2/mid | Castilla |
This vihuela maker is known through the 1556 post-mortem inventory of his wife María Alvarez (AHPV/leg/237/fol/73-74). Schöner (schoner1999, 114) informs that Luis Alonso is also listed in the card index of the Archivo Historical Provincial in Valladolid as an itinerant vihuela maker at court, a “violero andante en la corte de S.M.”
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 1556 | María Alvarez, inventory. |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| romanillos2002 | Romanillos, José Luis and Marian Harris Winspear. | The Vihuela de mano and the Spanish Guitar: A Dictionary of the Makers of Plucked and Bowed Musical Instruments of Spain (1200-2002). Guijosa (Guadalajara): Sanguino Press, 2002. | |
| schöner1999 | Schöner, Oliver. | Die Vihuela de mano im Spanien des 16. Jahrhunderts. Europäsiche Hochschulenschriften, vol 198. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1999. | 114 |