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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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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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