On 14 February 1668, Juana Melchora, descendant of the Inca Huayna Capac, entered as a …
On 27 November 1368 (era 1406), the chapter and dean of Cordoba Cathedral formalised the …
The devotion to the Virgin of Buen Aire in Cáller (Cagliari) flourished during the 16th …
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Archivio della Cappella Musicale of the Basilica of the …
The Archive of Archivos de Protocolos of Granada has provided us with the name of the only Moorish luthier documented in Granada to date, who was a resident of the …
An ecclesiastical visit to the convent of La Encarnación in Granada in the 17th century reveals the practice of polyphony and theatrical performances inside this Franciscan monastery.
In 1624, a group of neighbours of the Collegiate Church of El Salvador in Seville paid for the construction of a new outdoor chapel to house the image of the …
On 11th August 1737, Salvador Pabón y Valdés was baptised in the church of San Justo y Pastor. He was the most prominent member of a dynasty of organ builders …
In 1597, the Flemish organ builder Enrique Franco, a neighbour of the parish of Santa María, "in the studio of San Miguel", agreed with Luis García Bonilla to build an …
Cantata with violins for the religious profession of Teresa María de Santa Inés at the convent of Corpus Christi (1727).
On 25 July, the church of Santiago in Granada celebrated the feast day of its patron saint. For its solemnisation, one of the city's music chapels was usually hired.
The portrait and biographical profile that the painter Francisco Pacheco makes of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa allows us to get closer to the possible domestic musical environment of his residence …
The sounds of the patio de los Arrayanes at the Alhambra in Granada.
Read articleIn 1766, the Moroccan embassy headed by Sidi Ahmed El Gazel made a long journey from Algeciras to Madrid to meet with King Carlos III. One of the best documented …