| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toribio de Benavente (Motolinia) | Benavente | 1482/ca | Mexico | 1569 | p1268 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela | Cleric | Ecclesiastical | Church | Author - chronicler, historian |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1524-1569 | Mexico | 16cent | America |
Better known by his nickname Motolinia, Toribio de Benavente was a Franciscan missionary who went to the Americas in 1524 and became one of the most important chroniclers of early colonisation in Mexico. He described in his Memoriales the musical activity of the natives and their proficiency in builiding copies of the instruments brought by the Spaniards.
For more information, see: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toribio_de_Benavente (accessed 31/03/2019)
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| motolinia1903 | Benavente (Motolinia), Toribio de. | Memoriales de Fray Toribio de Motolinia: Manuscrito de la colección del señor Don Joaquín García ... Mexico: En casa del editor, 1903. | |
| zavadivker1999 | Zavadivker, Ricardo Augusto. | “Cronistas de Indias”. Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana. Madrid: Sociedad General de Autores de España, 1999-2002. Vol. 4, 188. |