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Meireles,, Gaspar

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Gaspar Meireles, P1306

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
vihuela viola da mano (vihuela) Instrumentalist (plucked)

Years active Place active Century Region
1544 China 16cent/2/mid Portugal
Biographical information

Gaspar Meireles is known from an anecdote reported by Fernão Mendes Pinto in his memoirs Peregrinação, that supposedly took place in China in 1544, where Meireles was requested by a group of Chinese to sing and accompany himslef on the viola [vihuela] at a funeral and burial due to his renown as a singer and instrumentalist. See the source document.

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Date Document
1544 Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinação (1614)


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