| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Berger | M | P0640 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela vihuela de arco | Musician | Ecclesiastical | Church | Instrumentalist (bowed) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1626 | 17cent/1/early | America |
1626 The Jesuit, Brother Luis Berger wrote in a letter to Father Duran that he is "musician and active" and "friendly towards teaching the indians to play the bowed biguela, with which he has converted many of the un faithful" (Una vida de artista, by Father Grenon, p. 10). Information from poulton1982, pp. 15-16, and drawn from grenonN.
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| grenonN | Grenón, Pedro. | Nuestra primera musica instrumental: datos historicos. Buenos Aires: Librería “La Cotizadora economica”, 1929. | |
| poulton1982 | Poulton, Diana. | “The vihuela in Latin America.” Lute Society Journal, 22 (1982): 15-16. | 15-16 |