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Magister Franciscus

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Magister Franciscus M P0244

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
vihuela vihuela de mano viola da mano (vihuela de mano) viola da mano Musician Instrumentalist (plucked)

Years active Place active Century Region
1469 Perugia Italia 15cent/2/mid Italy
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4 de junio 1469: Contrato entre “Magister Franciscus… florentinus” y los “priori” de Perugia. ward1953, p. 60: ‘Franciscus agreed to sing ancient and modern ystorias on the “feast days ordained by the church for the solace of the Noble Citizens of Perugia and others inclined to listen,” accompanying himself on a viola seu guitarra; further on in the document he is described as a Quitarrista seu violinista. Reprinted in Adamo Rossi, “Memorie de Musica Civile in Perugia nel seculi XIV & XV” Giornale di Erudizione Artistica 3 (1874), 139.

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ward1953 Ward, John M. “The ‘Vihuela de mano’ and its Music, 1536-1576”. Diss., New York University, 1953. 60
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