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Berger, Luis

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Luis Berger M P0640

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

Years active Place active Century Region
1626 17cent/1/early America
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1626 The Jesuit, Brother Luis Berger wrote in a letter to Father Duran that he is "musician and active" and "friendly towards teaching the indians to play the bowed biguela, with which he has converted many of the un­ faithful" (Una vida de artista, by Father Grenon, p. 10). Information from poulton1982, pp. 15-16, and drawn from grenonN.

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grenonN Grenón, Pedro. Nuestra primera musica instrumental: datos historicos. Buenos Aires: Librería “La Cotizadora economica”, 1929.
poulton1982 Poulton, Diana. “The vihuela in Latin America.” Lute Society Journal, 22 (1982): 15-16. 15-16
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