Historical soundscapes (c.1200 – c.1800)

Entradas Recientes

Church of San Eutropio. El Espinar (Segovia)
El Espinar
An organ for the church of San Eutropio de El Espinar (1587)

On 8 September 1582, María de Prado, in her will, established a clause in which …

June 30, 2025
Cover of parchment. <em>Superius</em>. <em>Cantos españoles</em> [D-Fru 781]
Freiburg im Breisgau
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Library of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Library of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau.

June 30, 2025
<em>Il devotissimo viaggio di Gerusalemme </em>. Roma, 1587, pp. 184-185
Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (7). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the church of the Holy Sepulchre

Visit to Jerusalem (7). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the church of …

June 21, 2025
Door of the chapel of San Felipe and Santiago (museum of San Clemente). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Cordova (SP)
Foundation and devotional endowment of the chapel of San Felipe and Santiago in the Cathedral of Cordoba (1258)

Foundation and devotional endowment of the Chapel of San Felipe and Santiago in the Cathedral …

June 16, 2025

Articles by year

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Reset

Clockmakers (c.1733-c.1800)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
31-12-2016
clock José Corona (bell maker, clockmaker) Francisco Corona (clockmaker) San Antón street
Read article

Feast of Saint Raymond Nonnatus (1626)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
29-12-2016
feast of Saint Raymond Nonnatus mass music chapel of the cathedral wind players Francisco de Santiago (composer, chapel master, Carmelite) Julián de Torres (wind player) convent of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Calced Mercedarians)
Read article

Procession and feast of the dedication of the new church of the convent of Corpus Christi (1686)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
28-12-2016

Procession and feast of the dedication of the new church of the convent of Corpus Christi (1686).

procession feast of the dedication or reopening of a church women and musical networks project cathedral chapter city council music chapel of the cathedral Antonia de la Madre de Dios (Augustinian Recollects nun) convent of El Corpus Christi (Augustinians Recollects nuns)
Read article

Literary tournaments and texts for secular songs ¬–villancicos– (1615)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
24-12-2016
literary competition Christmas songs (villancicos) Easter songs (villancicos) Corpus Christi songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) Baltasar del Río (canon, archdeacon of Niebla, bishop of Escalas) wind players singers Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Seville. Chapel of Escalas
Read article

Christmas songs (villancicos, 1716)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
23-12-2016
Christmas songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus music chapel of the cathedral cathedral of Granada. Choir cathedral
Read article

Religious profession of an organist-nun (1733)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
18-12-2016
to play the organ women and musical networks project María de Rojas (organist) convent of Santa María del Socorro (Franciscan Conceptionist)
Read article

Buying and selling of instruments between individuals (1796-1797)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
17-12-2016

In this article, we present the data provided by the newspaper Mensajero económico y erudito de Granada on the purchase and sale of second-hand instruments between private individuals during the …

selling of instruments harpsichord clavichord dulcimer buying an instrument domestic music making José de Mora (barber) Isidro Fernández (writer of letters) Elvira street Azacaya street unknown location
Read article

Dance and instrument lessons (1755)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
14-12-2016
music lessons dance lessons dance teacher instruments teacher unknown location
Read article

Playing the organ (1638-1665)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
13-12-2016
to play the organ mass vespers Juan Álvarez (organist) church of Santa Escolástica church of San Pedro y San Pablo church of Santiago
Read article

Luthiers in Sevilla (1755)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
09-12-2016

The Respuestas Generales del Catastro de Ensenada corresponding to the city of Seville (1755) allow us to know that in this city six luthiers carried out their activity, whose daily …

luthiers guild Francisco Sanguino (luthier) Miguel Sanguino (luthier) unknown location
Read article