| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jehan Alamen | M | P1214 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela de arco lute laúd | Musician | Servant | Court - royal | Instrumentalist (bowed) Instrumentalist (plucked) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1407 | Navarra | 15cent/1/early | Navarra |
In 1407, King Charles of Navarre granted four florins to two musicians: Jehan Alamen and Convat (or Conyat), "menestrers de laut et de vielle de arc". From DonostiaPV, p. 11, quoted by Angles1970, p. 310 and corona1999, p. 21
| Convat (or Conyat) | was his | associate |
| Charles III King of Navarre | was his | employer |
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 1407 | Document title: King Charles of Navarra pays two musicians |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| angles1970 | Anglés, Higinio. | Historia de la música medieval en Navarra. Pamplona: Diputación Foral de Navarra. Institución Principe de Viana, 1970. | 310 |
| corona1999 | Corona-Alcalde, Antonio. | “The Players and Performance Practice of the Vihuela and its related Instruments, the Lute and the Guitar, from c. 1450 to c.1650. as revealed by a Study of Literary, Musical, Theoretical, and Archival Sources”. Diss. King's College, University of London, 1999. | 21 |
| donostiaPV | Donostia, José Antonio de. | Música y músicos en el país vasco. San Sebastian: Monografías Vascongadas 5, 1951. | 11 |