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Joan, Bartomeu

Active 1492-1495

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Bartomeu Joan Barcelona 1495 M P1263

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

Years active Place active Century Region
1492-1495 Barcelona 15cent/3/late Aragon
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A violero active in Valencia at the end of the fifteenth century. A post-mortem inventory of his shop was made at the instigation of his widow Berengaria 19 June 1495. It includes eight finished vihuelas, as well as vihuelas and many more in various states of completion, wood and tools. A transcription and detailed commentary is given by Pellisa. (pellisa2013, 32 and 37-46)

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knighton2016-2 Knighton Tess “Instruments, Instrumental Music and Instrumentalists: Traditions and Transitions”. Companion to music in the age of the Catholic monarchs, ed. Tess Knighton. Boston; Leiden: Brill, 2016. 97-144. 108-109
pellisa2013 Pellisa, Joan. Guitarres i guitarrers d'escola catalana, dels gremis al modernisme. Barcelona: Amalgama Edicions, 2013. 32, 37-46
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