Diego Pisador
Sign in to saveSpanish vihuelist and composer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1510
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Aqui comiençan seys romances
- Villanesca =
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Diego Pisador (1509/10?-after 1557) was a Spanish vihuelist and composer of the Renaissance. Little is known of the details of Pisador's life, not even the exact dates of his birth and death. It is known that he was born in Salamanca around the years 1509 or 1510. He was the oldest son of Alonso Pisador and Isabel Ortiz, who married in 1508. Ortiz's father, Alfonso III of Fonseca, Archbishop of Santiago, was a great patron of music. Alonso Pisador worked as a notary in the audience of the archb