| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melchor de Ayllón | M | P0509 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| guitar guitarra | Violero | Artisan | Urban | Maker Maker (violero) Violero (inst maker) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1587 | Madrid | 16cent/3/late | Castilla |
Evidently another member of the Ayllón dynasty of violeros, the only evidence presently known about Melchor de Ayllón is that he made two guitars for the nine-year-old future king of Spain, Philip III, in 1587 (robledo2000, cited in romanillos2002, 26).
| Felipe III | was his | employer |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| 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. | 26 |