| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabel de Valois | Fontainbleau | 1546.04.13 | Madrid | 1568.10.03 | F | P1227 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela de arco violón | Royalty | Court - royal | Patron |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1560-1569 | Madrid | 16cent/2/mid | Castilla |
Isabel de Valois (1546-1568). Queen of Castille, third wife of Philip II. Her marriage to Phillip was fruit of the Treatise of Cateau-Cambresis that established the peace between Spain and France. She brought with her to Spain several players of the vihuela de arco and/or "violon".
| Miguel de Fuenllana | was her | employee |
| Juan Pietro Escallón | was her | employee |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| angles1944 | Anglés, Higinio. | La música en la corte de Carlos V con la transcripción del “Libro de cifra nueva para tecla, harpa y vihuela” (Alcalá de Henares, 1557) compilado por Luys Venegas de Henestrosa. 2 vols. Monumentos de la Música Española II, III. Barcelona: CSIC, 1944; rpt 1965. | |
| 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. | 29, 310-311 |
| 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. |