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Mejía, Gómez

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Gómez Mejía M P1058

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
strings cuerdas (inst. strings) vihuela Musician Professional Urban Violero (inst maker)

Years active Place active Century Region
1585 Madrid 16cent/3/late Andalucia
Biographical information

• 1585 - 21 February. In 1585 Juan de Aldaz, vihuelero, and Gómez Mejía (Mexia), musician, made a contract in Madrid to buy thirty-four and a half bundles of vihuela strings with the trade name la aguela [sic] at fifteen reales a bundle. 517.5 reales (17.595 mrs) para 34 y medio mazos de cuerdas. [mazo = 100 cuerdas?]

Related persons
Juan de Aldaz was his colleague




Bibliography
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agullo1971 Agulló y Cobo, Mercedes. “Nuevos documentos para las biografías de músicos de los siglos XVI y XVII” [part 1]. Anuario Musical 26 (1971): 199-212. 199
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. 10
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