| Document | Date | Century | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcipreste Alamela, Compendio historial. | 1479 | 15cent/3/late |
These old monarchs and princes [...] when
they dined and supped and when they
desired to go to bed, also commanded the
minstrels and jongleurs to come with their
lutes and vihuelas and other instruments,
so that with them they could play and sing
romances about the deeds of chivalry.
[Text from corona1999, page 249: Diego Rodríguez de Almela, Compendio historial (c. 1479). Quoted in Menndez Pidal 1924, p. 376; and Subirá 1953, p. 91. English translation in Chase 1959, p. 35; Knighton 1992, pp. 557-558.]
| Document type | Subject | Siglum | Archive name | Call no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-fiction MS | Literature Vihuelas Lute | E-Mn | Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid | Mss F-115, mod. 1525 and F-126, mod. 1535 |
Aquellos reyes y principes antiguos [...]
cuando comian y cenaban, y cuando acostarse
querían, mandaron otrosi que los menestriles
y juglares viniesen con sus laudes y vihuelas
y otros instrumentos, para qua con dos ellos
les tañesen e cantasen los romances que eran
inventados de los hechos de caballerias.
| Name | Status when cited | Social status |
|---|---|---|
| Rodríguez de Almela, Diego | Living | Ecclesiastical |
menendezpidalPJ, p. 376; subiraHIST, p. 91: Vihuela, Lute.
[Text from corona1999, page 249: Diego Rodríguez de Almela, Compendio historial (c. 1479). Quoted in menendezpidalPJ, p. 376; and subiraHIST, p. 91. English translation in chaseSPAIN, p. 35; knighton1992, pp. 557-558.]
| Code | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| corona1999 | Corona-Alcalde, Antonio. | “The Players and Performance Practice of the Vihuela and its related Instruments, the Lute and the Guitar, from c. 1450 to c.1650. as revealed by a Study of Literary, Musical, Theoretical, and Archival Sources”. Diss. King's College, University of London, 1999. | |
| subiraHIST | Subirá, José. | Historia de la Música española e hispanoamericana. Barcelona: Salvat, 1953. | |
| chaseSPAIN | Chase, Gilbert. | The Music of Spain. 2nd edn. New York: Dover, 1959. | |
| knighton1992 | Knighton, Tess. | “The a capella heresy in Spain: an inquisition into the performance of the cancionero repertory” Early Music 20/4 (November 1992): 651-581. | |
| menendezpidal1924 | Ménendez Pidal, Ramón. | Poesía juglaresca. Madrid: Publicaciones de la Revista de Filología Española 8, 1924. |