| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernando Guiral | M | P0326 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela cuerdas (inst. strings) | Stringmaker | Artisan | Maker String maker/merchant |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1620 | Zaragoza | 17cent/1/early | Aragon |
calahorraZ, pp. 336-7 • 1620.01.06. Hernando Guiral, maestro de hazer cuerdas de vihuela, of Zaragoza is contracted to go to Bordeaux (Burdeos) by the merchants Ramón de España and Guillén de Artigola to make strings. Contracts a period of three years to work in Bordeaux. Payment is to be 10 sueldos torneses per gross, “que en moneda castellana hacen cuatro sueldos jaqueses”.
romanillos2002, p. 175 reiterates Calahorra
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 1620.01.06 | Hernando Guiral, string making contract. |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| calahorraZ | Calahorra, Pedro. | La musica en Zaragoza en los siglos XVI y XVII. 2 vols. Zaragoza: Institucion Fernando el Catolico, 1977-1978. | 336-7 |
| 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. | 175 |