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

• AXIVIL Criollo - En una salón de La Habana (Habaneras y contradanzas, 1830-1855). RTVE-Música (2000)
• AXIVIL Goyesco - La Seguidilla Galante. Canciones líricas 1800-1830. Pilar Jurado. RTVE Música (2004)
• AXIVIL Goyesco - La música en tiempos del Motín de Aranjuez Música Antigua Aranjuez (2005)
• AXIVIL Castizo - Sarao Barroco (Tonos del siglo XVII) Música Antigua Aranjuez (2005)
• AXIVIL Aljamía - Perfume Mudejar with flamenco singer Pedro Sanz. Pneuma (2008)

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"