| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan de Torres | M | P0356 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela órgano | Violero | Artisan | Urban | Violero (inst maker) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1578 | Zaragoza | 16cent/3/late | Aragon |
calahorraZ, pp. 327-8 • Violero. Guillón, Claudio. [=Girón?] Zaragoza. 1577.02.23 takes on “Pedro de Cayre, natural de la villa de Marsiac del Reino de Gascuña, de grado etc” as an apprentice for a period of seven years. Claudio Girón was known as an organero as well as a violero. In 1578 he entered into contract with an apprentice Juan de Torres “natural de la ciudad de Ubeda del Reino de la Andalucía y estante de presente en la ciudad de Zaragoza… por tiempo de seis años… y primero es condición que vos, dicho Claudio Girón, me habéis de enseñar el oficio de vigolero como vos lo sabéis…” [fol. 554 from an unidentified legajo]
| Claudio Girón [Guillón] | was his | master |
| 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. | 327-8 |
| 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. |