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Cathedral of Valencia. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Valencia (1598-1745)

The documents from the Cathedral of Valencia that provide the most information about Tomás Luis …

June 9, 2025
Library of the Hispanic Society of America (New York). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Hispanic Society of America (New York)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Hispanic Society of America (New York).

June 2, 2025
Cathedral of Cordova. Bell tower
The ringing of “la cepa” with the bells of the cathedral of Cordoba (1368)

In 1368, under the bishopric of Andrés Pérez Navarro, the dean and chapter of the …

May 29, 2025
Church of San Marcelo
Ceremony of the singing maidens in León (1595)

In this article we analyse the sensory elements of an important ritual that was celebrated …

May 17, 2025

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Serenades under the windows of the Concepción Jerónima convent in Madrid (1589)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-10-2020

A circumstantial news brings us closer to the serenades that were given under the windows of female convents in which characters of a certain lineage were temporarily housed. In this …

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Teaching of music in the Franciscan school of San Juan Evangelista y San Andrés (c. 1551-1581)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-10-2020

Between c. 1551 and 1581, the Franciscans ran the San Andrés school, in which an outstanding teaching activity was developed that gave special importance to the teaching of plain chant, …

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