| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martín de Jaén | M | P0057 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela | Musician | Professional | Court | Instrumentalist (plucked) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1550? | Granada | 16cent/2/mid | Andalucia |
Vihuelist from Granada. Known to Bernardino de Figueroa and Bermudo. Father of the vihuelist Hernando de Jaen.
• Bermudo: Lib. II, cáp. 35, fol. 29v “Tengo por mejores tañedores a Narváez, a Martín de Jaén, a Hernando de Jaén, vezinos de la ciudad de Granada, A López, músico del señor Duque de Arcos, a Fuenllana, músico de la señora Marquesa de Tarifa, a Mudarra, canónigo de la Iglesia mayor de Sevilla, y Anrrique, músico del señor Conde de Miranda.”
• freis1995-1: Bernardino de Figueroa, in the letter of recommendation written for the first edition (1549) of Bermudo’s Declaración cites that Martin de Jaen and his son Hernando inspected the book, ie prior to its printing in Granada. Freis p 31, 41 (fn 27), 57 (fn 60).
| Hernando de Jaén | was his | father |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| berm1555 | Bermudo, Juan. | Comiença el libro llamado declaracion de instrumentos musicales...Ossuna: Juan de León, 1555. | 29v |
| freis1995-1 | Freis, Wolfgang. | “Perfecting the perfect instrument: Fray Juan Bermudo on the tuning and temperament of the vihuela de mano”. Early Music 23 (1995): 421-36. | p 31, 41 (fn 27), 57 (fn 60) |
| martinDMEH | Griffiths, John. | “Jaen, Martin de”. Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana. Ed. Emilio Casares Rodicio. Madrid: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, 1999-2002. Vol. 6, 537. | |
| ward1953 | Ward, John M. | “The ‘Vihuela de mano’ and its Music, 1536-1576”. Diss., New York University, 1953. | 369 |