I know of a recording (I do realize that program notes on Cd's may or may not be accurate) of all works of Fuenllana, by the group "Orphenica Lyra", directed by Jose Miguel Moreno.
The program notes were written by Ivan Moody. In it, he states that Fuenllana was born in Navalcarnero, in the province of Madrid. He provides no dates for the birth. He also states, "he died at some point before 1591 (the dates 1568 and 1579 have been suggested, probably in Madrid." This statement has a footnote, stating a convenient biographical resume of Fuellana may be found in Samuel Rubio: "Historiia de la Musica Espanola 2: Desde el "ars nova" hasta 2600 (Madrid, 1983)" pp. 229-230. I hope this helps. ed At 11:40 AM 1/2/2013, Monica Hall wrote: > I don't think there is anything in the prologue - they weren't very > worried about things like dates of birth! > > > > I agree - 1520 seems more likely for his birth. I think there might be > some evidence that he was till alive in 1579. I'm sure I read > something to that effect recently. > > > > Monica > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [1]Martyn Hodgson > > To: [2]Vihuelalist ; [3]Monica Hall > > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 5:21 PM > > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Fuenllana > > Well, Orphenica Lyra is 1554 and I'd not think he'd be much younger > than around 30 for such a prestigious (and large - ie expensive) > publication. > > So I'd put his date of birth around 1520. I suspect the c 1500 - 1579 > means that 1500 is a guess but 1579 is evidenced. 1579 also fits with > average adult lifespan of the period of around 60 (ie excluding > children with their extremely high early mortality rate). > > Is there nothing in the extensive prologue, dedication, notes which > give some idea of his history? > > Martyn > --- On Wed, 2/1/13, Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > From: Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: [VIHUELA] Fuenllana > To: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Wednesday, 2 January, 2013, 14:33 > > Does anyone have any dates for Fuenllana. I have just come across a > source which gives them as c.1500-1579. It seems unlikely to me > that > he would have lived to be 79... Groves gives fl. 1553-1578. > Monica > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > >References > > 1. mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk > 2. mailto:vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu > 3. mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: e...@gamutstrings.com voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
