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Oviedo cathedral
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Oviedo (1582-1591)

Transcription of three council agreements and an accounting item related to the acquisition of books …

Sept. 28, 2024
<em>Viage de Hierusalen</em>. Francisco Guerrero (Alcalá de Henares: Juan Gracián, 1605)
Sending copies of Francisco Guerrero's Viaje de Hierusalem to Lima (1605 /1618)

In 1605 and 1618, several copies of different editions of Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem …

Sept. 22, 2024
Isabel de Borbón. Anonymous (c. 1620)
Bernarda, an Afro-Portugues musician in the service of Isabel de Borbón (1602-1644) at the Alcázar in Madrid

Bernarda, an Afro-Portuguese musician and singer, was in the service of Queen Isabella of Bourbon …

Sept. 19, 2024
tower of the Cathedral of Ávila. Picture: A. de Vicente
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Ávila (1573-1601)

Transcription of sixteen agreements of the chapter of the cathedral of Ávila. Except for one, …

Sept. 11, 2024

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Songs at the convent of San José

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The contrafacta or sacred parodies composed and sung by Luisa de San José in the convent of San José in Granada are a good example of the music performed in …

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The first reference to the organ in the convent of la Concepción (1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The admission of an organist to the Convent of La Concepción in 1620 provides us with the first record of the existence of an organ in this Franciscan monastery in …

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