| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Guerrero | Sevilla | 4-10-1525 | Sevilla | 8-11-1599 | M | P0052 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela harp arpa | Musician | Professional | Polyphonist/Theorist Singer Composer (polyphony) Instrumentalist (plucked) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1545-1599 | Sevilla Jaén | 16cent/3/late | Andalucia |
In his biographical sketch of Francisco Guerrero in his Libro de descripción, Pacheco tells that Guerrero taught himself to play the seven-course vihuela: “hallavasse tan diestro, que porsi aprendio viguela de siete ordenes harpa i, corneta i otros varios instrumentos...” (fol 94v)
There is also a woodcut of a four-course guitar in the frontispiece of Guerrero’s Sacrae cantiones of 1555.
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| pachecoD | Pacheco, Francisco. | Libro de descripción de verdaderos Retratos de Illustres y Memorables varones. MS, 1599; ed facs Sevilla: Previsión Española, 1983. | fol 94v |
| pujol1949 | Mudarra, Alonso. | Tres libros de música en cifra para vihuela. Ed. Emilio Pujol. Monumentos de la Música Española 7. Barcelona: Instituto Español de Musicología, 1949, rpt 1984. | 33 |
| ward1953 | Ward, John M. | “The ‘Vihuela de mano’ and its Music, 1536-1576”. Diss., New York University, 1953. | 368 |