Flautistas, tamborinos, xabebas y pífanos de Castilla y Flandes en los albores del Renacimiento
- Begoña Lolo (coord.)
- Adela Presas (coord.)
Publisher: Sociedad Española de Musicología
ISBN: 978-84-86878-45-0
Year of publication: 2018
Pages: 355-376
Congress: Sociedad Española de Musicología. Congreso (9. 2016. Madrid)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
We have had hints that pifanos and flautas de Alemania were used quite frequently in heraldic and dance music during the Renaissance in Europe, although few scholarly studies have been dedicated to the presence of members of the flute family in Castile, especially in the period prior to the arrival of the first Habsburg monarchs. The present article seeks to fill the gap in research by presenting the results of a study, based on literary, archival and iconographic sources, of the identity and professional activity of Castilian and Flemish minstrels in charge of members of the flute family who gathered at the Castilian Court. Some answers are suggested to questions about the typology and terminology of instruments, performers, and possible contexts in which members of the flute family were employed in Castile before the reign of the Catholic Monarchs.