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Church of San Eutropio. El Espinar (Segovia)
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]
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
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
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

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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-09-2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-09-2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-09-2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

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