Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Nuestra Señora de …
In 1581, the organ builder Diego Liger de Sanforte travelled from Granada to Córdoba to …
Seven chapter agreements concerning the acquisition of printed books from Victoria.
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the church of San Luis in Villagarcía de Campos (Valladolid).
Miguel de Fuenllana lived for a few years in Seville, where he would print his book Orphenica Lyra. In his residence in the parish of San Marcos and in that …
The galleons that captained the fleet of the Indies carried among their crews several salaried minstrels. Jerónimo Franco, a ministril, embarked on the nao almiranta which in 1620 went "to …
The Biblioteca Nacional de España has preserved three sheets villancicos dedicated to Saints Justa and Rufina, patron saints of Seville, and linked to this city, which were performed in two …
One of the anecdotes narrated by the Portuguese physician Juan Méndez Nieto in his Discursos medicinales gives us an insight into the domestic musical activity in the house owned by …
In the convent of Santo Tomás de Villanueva, commonly known as Tomasas, the nuns celebrate on 8 December a particular ceremony typical of this female monastery in Granada, which probably …
In 1546, Juan de León (I) printed in Seville the Tres libros de música en cifras para vihuela by Alonso de Mudarra in his workshop near the church of Santa …