| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrés de Contreras | M | P0284 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela | Violero | Artisan | Urban | Maker Maker (violero) Violero (inst maker) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1555 | Toledo | 16cent/2/mid | Castilla |
reynaudPT, pp. 404-405: son of a cabinet maker? [chiffonnier] from Segovia married Francisca de Peñaranda 1555.06.20. Modest dowry of 33,000 mrs. Possibly brother of Francisco de Contreras, violero. No documents yet located make reference to his activity as a violero.
romanillos2002, p. 86, translates chiffonier as “rag and bone man”
| Francisco de Contreras | was his | brother |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| reynaudPT | Reynaud, François. | La Polyphonie tolédane et son milieu des premiers témoignages aux environs de 1600. Paris: CNRS, 1996. | 404-405 |
| 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. | 86 |