| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomás Herman | M | P1234 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela de mano | Musician | Servant | Court - royal | Instrumentalist (bowed) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1538-1556 | Granada | 16cent/2/mid | Andalucia |
In a 1556 account listing the servants of Charles V before his death, four players of bowed vihuelas are mentioned: Tomas Herman, Joan Herman, Gaspar Payen, François Cornette. Judging by their names, these were foreign players, probably German, French or from the Low Countries. These are Charles V’s musicians who received a gift from Cardinal Tavera in 1538.
| Joan Herman | was his | colleague |
| Gaspar Payen | was his | colleague |
| François Cornette | was his | colleague |
| Carlos V | was his | employer |
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|---|---|---|---|
| colletMYS | Collet, Henry. | Le Mysticisme Espagnol au XVIc siècle. Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan, 1913. | 131 |
| 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. | 26-28 |
| robledo1987-1 | Robledo Estaire, Luis. | “La música en la corte madrileña de los Austrias. Antecedentes: las casas reales hasta 1556”. Revista de Musicología 10/3 (1987): 753-796. | 769-90 |
| straeten1867 | Straeten, Edmond van der. | La Musique aux Pays-Bas avant le XIXe siècle. 8 vols. Bruselas: Muquardt, Librarie Européenne; G.-A. van Trigt, Editeur-Librarie; Schott Frères, 1867-88; reimp facs Neuva York: Dover, 1969. | VII, 359-360 |