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<em>An old view of Vitoria</em>. Benito de Casas
A theatrical performance at the corral de comedias of the Alahóndiga in Vitoria (1679)

In 1691, Madame d’Aulnoy published her Relation du voyage d’Espagne in Paris, a controversial text …

May 11, 2026
The altarpiece of the Heads of Saints Peter and Paul. Córdoba Cathedral
The foundation, burials and endowments of the Altar of Las cabezas de San Pedro y San Pablo (15th century)

According to the will of Juan de Rojas, the altar of Las cabezas de San …

May 10, 2026
The River Darro and the bell tower of the Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza. David Roberts (1833)
Organ, chant book library and other acoustic features of the Convent of Santa María de la Cabeza in Granada

Documenting musical activity, the organs and the chant books library of Spanish male convents is …

May 2, 2026
Cathedral of Calahorra. Choir.
Inventory of polyphonic books of the Calahorra Cathedral (1628)

An inventory from around 1628, with later additions, reveals the wealth of polyphonic music books …

April 28, 2026

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An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 28, 2023

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales confirms that Girolamo Scotto printed his Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus for the first …

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Annual income of the organist and sacristan of the church of the Encarnación in Alhama (1582)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 7, 2023

The annual income of a parish organist came from different sources, some in money and others in kind. It is relatively common for the positions of organist and sacristan to …

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