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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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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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