Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz

Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz y Fonseca was a Spanish harpist and composer for lute and guitar.
Ruiz de Ribayaz was born in Santa Maria de Ribarredonda, near Burgos in northern Spain. Professionally, he was a theologian, but with an extensive knowledge of music, both as a scholar and performer.
With the composer Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, he was among the entourage of Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade, Count of Lemos, when he was appointed the Spanish viceroy to Peru. Ribayaz returned to Madrid some time before the publication of a harp and guitar manual, Luz, y norte musical, para caminar por las cifras de la guitarra españióla, y arpa. The publication was endorsed by no less than Cristóbal Galán, maestro de capilla of the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales.
Later in life he held a post in Villafranca del Bierco, in the province of Leon.