| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gómez Mejía | M | P1058 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| strings cuerdas (inst. strings) vihuela | Musician | Professional | Urban | Violero (inst maker) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1585 | Madrid | 16cent/3/late | Andalucia |
• 1585 - 21 February. In 1585 Juan de Aldaz, vihuelero, and Gómez Mejía (Mexia), musician, made a contract in Madrid to buy thirty-four and a half bundles of vihuela strings with the trade name la aguela [sic] at fifteen reales a bundle. 517.5 reales (17.595 mrs) para 34 y medio mazos de cuerdas. [mazo = 100 cuerdas?]
| Juan de Aldaz | was his | colleague |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| agullo1971 | Agulló y Cobo, Mercedes. | “Nuevos documentos para las biografías de músicos de los siglos XVI y XVII” [part 1]. Anuario Musical 26 (1971): 199-212. | 199 |
| romanillos2002 | Romanillos, José Luis and Marian Harris Winspear. | The Vihuela de mano and the Spanish Guitar: A Dictionary of the Makers of Plucked and Bowed Musical Instruments of Spain (1200-2002). Guijosa (Guadalajara): Sanguino Press, 2002. | 10 |