| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego de Rojas | M | P0566 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela de mano | Violero | Artisan | Court | Violero (inst maker) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1564 (1573?) | 16cent/2/mid | Castilla |
romanillos2002, p. 350: In an inventory made in 1564 of Princess Juana of Austria’s musical instruments there was a vihuela with a back of alternating Brasil wood and white [wood strips], ebony sides and with the name Don Diego de Rojas written between the pegs. It was valued at 8 reales equivalent to 272 maravedies (una biguela, las espaldas quarteadas de madera de Brasil y blanca y el cerco de hebano, que entre las clavijas tienen escripto Don Diego de Rojas, tasada en ocho reales, que valen doscientos y setenta y dos mrs). Source moll1965.
Is this the 1573 inventory after the death of the princess: see my Instruments file
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 1573 | Inventory of the belongings of the princess Juana de Austria. |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| casaresB1 | Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo. | Biografias y documentos sobre música y músicos españoles. Legado Barbieri, vol 1. Ed. Emilio Casares. Madrid: Fundación Banco Exterior, 1986. | |
| moll1965 | Moll, Jaime. | “Libros de música e instrumentos de la princesa Juana de Austria”, Anuario Musical 20 (1965): 11-23. | 20 |
| 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. | 350 |
| schönerV | Schöner, Oliver. | Die Vihuela de mano im Spanien des 16. Jahrhunderts. Europäsiche Hochschulenschriften, vol 198. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1999. |