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Bejerano, Cristóbal

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Cristóbal Bejerano 1559 M P0191

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
guitarra vihuela Violero Artisan Maker Maker (violero) Violero (inst maker)

Years active Place active Century Region
1559-1607 Madrid 16cent/3/late Castilla
Biographical information

bordas1995, p. 53: Uno de los violeros que propugnaban la reforma de los exámenes de violeros de 1584. [AHPM/Prot/leg/863/fols/467-68], 1584.06.21
romanillos2002, p. 34:
1584 — “Cristóbal Bejerano was an overseer for 1587. He was with Juan de Carrión, Juan de Borgoña, Pablo de Carranza and Antonio Duarte, (all violeros in Madrid),
1587 — at the meeting in 1587 to change some of the conditions of the earlier ordinances of violeros. It was agreeed to add to the clause in the Ordinances the making of a harp and a viol in imitation of the ones from Flanders as further requisites to the already existing examination of a plain vihuela (una biguela llana y un arpa y una biguela de arco a imitacion de las de Flandes, porque tan solamente se examinaron de una biguela llana). The fluted vihuela (biguela acanalada) was mentioned in this document. [AHPM, Prot, leg. 863 fols. 467-68 (1584.06.21)]
1589 — Cristóbal [Vázquez] de Miranda Bejerano made an ebony guitar for the future King of Spain, Felipe III. [Robledo, Aspectos, 2000]
1607 — forty-eight year old Cristóbal Bejerano swore on oath that he had know Juan de Aldaz for twenty-two years and he had been told that Juan de Aldaz was examined by Antonio Duarte in 1586 for a plain vihuela (una biguela llana). [AHPM, 03-07-1607, Prot: 24848, fol. 594r.]

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Source documents
Date Document
1607-07-03 Juan de Aldaz, certification as a violero.


Bibliography
Ref Author Item Pages
bordas1995 Bordas, Cristina. “La construcción de vihuelas y guitarras en Madrid en los siglos XVI y XVII”. La guitarra en la historia 6 (1995): 47-67. 53
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. 34
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