Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
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Gaspar Meireles, | P1306 |
Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
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vihuela viola da mano (vihuela) | Instrumentalist (plucked) |
Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
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1544 | China | 16cent/2/mid | Portugal |
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.
Fernão Mendes Pinto | associate |
Date | Document |
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1544 | Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinação (1614) |