| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anastasio Pantaleón de Ribera | 1600 | 1629 | M | P1272 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela harp | Poet | Bourgeoisie | Court - royal | Author - poet, playwright Instrumentalist (plucked) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 17cent/1/early | Castilla |
Poet who appears to have played the vihuela. Died young from knife wounds accidentally received. The possibility that he played the vihuela is suggested by a reference drawn from one of his humourous poems. It is the final verse of his Romance VIII in his
which he explains with the title “Romance a las lanzas que corrio el Duque en Palacio” that is the Duke of Lerma, starting at fol. 33v. The humourous poem ends of fol. 36v with the following verses:
Lograd, pues, estas virtudes
qua todo llaman etereas,
yendo a ganar este Mayo
la Casa Santa si quiera.
Vivid a sola la fama,
y hazed que os dure por peñas
digna memoria, a pesar
de la fortunica perra.
Que yo las vuestras andanças,
que yo las victorias vuestras
Cantaré mejor que Roche
En el arpa, y la vihuela
.
This is also the sole reference to a possible vihuelist named “Roche”. This could be the “principe de la Roche Furion” (Prince de Roche-sur-Yon) who accompanied Philip II’s French wife, Isabel de Valois, to Spain in 1560. This was Charles de Bourbon (1515-1565) [see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_La_Roche-sur-Yon]
Pepe Rey drew my attention to this vihuelist in 2012.
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 1630 | Anastasio Pantaleón de Ribera, Ronance VIII |
John Griffiths