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Front of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Alguaire, currently in the chuch of Santa Madrona
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Alguaire in Barcelona (1740)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Nuestra Señora de …

May 13, 2025
Gothic cathedral of Córdoba. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
A small organ for the cathedral of Córdoba (1581)

In 1581, the organ builder Diego Liger de Sanforte travelled from Granada to Córdoba to …

May 9, 2025
Cathedral of Plasencia. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Plasencia (1588-1608)

Seven chapter agreements concerning the acquisition of printed books from Victoria.

May 5, 2025
Church of San Luis
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the church of San Luis in Villagarcía de Campos (Valladolid)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the church of San Luis in Villagarcía de Campos (Valladolid).

April 27, 2025

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First organs of Mallorca cathedral (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-08-2019

The oldest extant Llibre de Fàbrica of the Cathedral of Mallorca (1327-1345) provides us some information about the musical activity in this institution. In this event, you will find the …

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Italian music for cardinal Portocarrero at the archbishops palace in Toledo

José María Domínguez Rodríguez
29-08-2019

In a letter dated 30 August 1679, the French countess of Aulnoy wrote that cardinal Portocarrero «had brought musicians from Rome whom he paid very well» and described a banquet …

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African drummers in late fifteenth-century Barcelona

Tess Knighton
25-08-2019

Black musicians – including drummers, trumpeters, wind-players and singers – were active throughout Europe during the  fifteenth and sixteenth centuries employed at courts and by civic authorities. Some were slaves; others …

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Saturday Mass of Our Lady and salve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-08-2019

From the beginning of the 16th century, in the diocese of the Canarias, suffragan of Seville, we find the foundation of two liturgical services that had previously been founded in …

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Mencía de Requesens is welcomed in 1602

Ascensión Mazuela Anguita
22-08-2019

The Palau de la Comtessa (Palace of the Countess) in Barcelona was an important setting for social networking and meetings between members of the nobility, royalty, and government in the …

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