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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
Pescado Gate. W. Didot (1798)
Marian confraternity in the puerta del Pescado in Granada

Marian confraternity in the puerta del Pescado in Granada.

Sept. 1, 2024
<em>Indice di tutte l’opere di musica che si truova alla stampa della Pigna</em> (Venecia: Giacomo Vincenzi, 1591)
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the printing press of Giacomo Vincenzi (1591)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the printing press of Giacomo Vincenzi (1591).

Aug. 27, 2024
Organ of the Monastery of San Zoilo. Gregorio González Roldán (1716)
Organ for the Monastery of San Zoilo in Carrión de los Condes (1716)

In 1716, the Benedictine community of the Monastery of San Zoilo signed a contract with …

Aug. 25, 2024

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External organist and dulcian player in the convent of La Madre de Dios (1623)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-02-2019

In 1623, the entry of secular women into the cloister of the convent of la Madre de Dios (Comendadoras de Santiago) was authorized to reinforce the musical staff they had …

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Chaplains and musicians in the service of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Fifth Duke of Medina Sidonia (1516)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-02-2019

El Cathálogo de todos los criados mayores y menores que han servido a los excelentísimos duques de Medina, preserved in the Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid, allows us to …

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Dance school in Granada (1574)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-01-2019

The contract established in 1574 between Juan Ortiz, "master of dance", and the instrumentalist Blas de Torres allows us to document the first "school" of dance in Granada.

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