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Sansone, Matteo

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Matteo Sansone M P1032

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
vihuela guitar lute vihuela de mano vihuela de arco guitarra laúd Musician Professional Instrumentalist (plucked) Instrumentalist (bowed)

Years active Place active Century Region
Palermo 16cent/1/early Italy
Biographical information

Musician, condemned form the Inquisition, probably jewish (see http://www.etnomediterranea.org/public/museicivilta/LA%20SCOPERTA%20DELLE%20ANTICHITA.pdf) and sisto2010

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Source documents
Date Document
1513 Inventory of the possessions of Matteo Sansone taken in connection to the confiscation of his possessions by the Inquisition in Palermo.


Bibliography
Ref Author Item Pages
sisto2010-1 Sisto, Luigi. “La confisca dei beni di Matteo Sansone, musico sefardita (Palermo 1513): Considerazioni sull’introduzione della violecta spagnola in Italia.” La musica tra storia e spiritualità, Scritti in onore di Lino Bianchi, a cura di Federica Nardacci. Rome: Istituto Italiano per la Storia della Musica, 2010. 567-578.
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