Axivil

Axivil are a Spanish early music group founded 1997, and directed by Felipe Sánchez Mascuñano.[1][2] The ensemble takes its name from the Jewish vihuela de péñola player Juceff Axivil (fl. 1352),[3] the surname Axivil being an Arabized version of Sevillano, hence "Joseph of Seville," although in fact from Borja.[4][5]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Annegret Fauser, Mark Everist - Music, Theater, and Cultural Transfer: Paris, 1830-1914 -2009 p358 " by the freely historicist Spanish dance band Axivil Criollo."
  2. ↑ Goldberg: Early Music Magazine -2008 p88 "On 13 August, at the Manaheim, the Spanish ensemble Axivil, which is devoted to the rediscovery, reconstruction and recreation of historical Hispanic music.."
  3. ↑ AXIVIL Quiénes somos En agosto de 1352 JUCEFF AXIVIL, judío de Borja, fue contratado para acompañar al Infante Juan de Aragón en un viaje entre Huesca y Zaragoza. Su misión era tocar la vihuela de péñola para entretener la jornada del pequeño infante.
  4. ↑ Yedida K. Stillman, George K. Zucker -New horizons in Sephardic studies 1993 p214 "Jewish anthroponyms, e.g. Axibil (1321), Axivil (1352)de Sibilia (1372), Sevillano (late 15th c)."
  5. ↑ Alfred Sendrey The music of the Jews in the Diaspora (up to 1800): a contribution ... - 1971 -p 456 "Axivil, Yussef, vihuela-player, p101"
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