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Baena, Alonso de

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Alonso de Baena M P0247

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
vihuela de arco Musician Professional Court - royal Instrumentalist (bowed)

Years active Place active Century Region
1493-1495 15cent/3/late Castilla
Biographical information

1493 Among “Oficiales de la casa” of Isabel la Católica Alonso de Vaena [=Baena] “tañedor de vihuela” 20,000 mrs/yr, probably vihuela de arco because he is listed with R. Donaire (angles1941, I, 68) • 1495 Among “Oficiales de la casa” of Isabel la Católica as “tañedor” (Anglés/RC, I, 68) • Rees, “Relaciones musicales: “Gonzalo de Baena nació hacia 1475-1480, su casa familiar estaba en Sevilla; su padre, Alonso, sirvió en la corte de Castilla como vihuelista y laudista, desde al menos 1493, hasta su muerte en 1504.” See knighton1996, p. 91

Related persons
Rodrigo Donaire was his colleague
Diego de Medina was his colleague
Isabel la Catolica was his patron




Bibliography
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angles1941 Anglés, Higinio. La musica en la corte de los Reyes Católicos. 3 vols. Monumentos de la Música Española 1, 5, 10. Barcelona: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Instituto Espanol de Musicologia, 1941-51. 68
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. 27
knighton1996 Knighton, Tess. “A newly discovered keyboard source (Gonzalo de Baena’s Arte nouamente inuentada pera aprender a tanger, Lisboa 1540): a preliminary report”. Plainsong and Medieval Music 5 (1996): 81-112. 91
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