| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Espina | M | P0470 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| guitarra vihuela | Musician | Professional | Court - royal | Author Instrumentalist (plucked) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| c1625-1639 | 17cent/1/early | Castilla |
Creator of an Academy in Madrid, author of a book (1632) Memorial al Rey Don Felipe IV. Moved to Seville in 1628.
According to sanhuesa1998-1, he also played both the guitar and vihuela, adding more frets to the former and perfecting its tuning (see cotareloESPINA, 34-35.)
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| casares1988 | Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo. | Documentos sobre la música española y epistolaro. Legado Barbieri, vol 2. Ed. Emilio Casares. Madrid: Fundación Banco Exterior, 1988. | |
| cotareloESPINA | Cotarelo y Mori, Emilio. | Don Juan Espina. Noticias de este célebre y enigmático personaje. Madrid: Imprenta de la Revista de Archivos, 1908. | 34-35 |
| sanhuesa1998-1 | Sanhuesa Fonseca, María. | “Armería del ingenio y recreación de los sentidos: La música en las academias literarias españolas del siglo XVII.” Revista de Musicología 21 (1998): 497-530. |