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Cathedral of Zaragoza. Photo by Sara Gimeno Laporta
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Zaragoza (1586-1608)

Two letters, two inventories, two chapter minutes, three accounting item, four receipts, a historical chronicle …

March 24, 2025
Former location of San Marcos Chapel
Foundation of the Chapel of San Marcos in the Cathedral of Cordoba (1258)

On 24 July 1258, Bishop Fernando de Mesa and the Chapter of Cordoba Cathedral granted …

March 15, 2025
<em>Cuando fenece el abril</em>. Francisco Figuerola (1691)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of La Encarnación in Valencia (17th century)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of La Encarnación in …

March 10, 2025

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Performance of La puerta Macarena by Juan Pérez de Montalbán

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

In 1677, Félix Pascual's company performed Juan Pérez de Montalbán's&nbsp;La puerta Macarena&nbsp;at the&nbsp;corral de comedias&nbsp;de la Montería.

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Building of a play house (1625)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The corral de comedias&nbsp;of La Montería in Seville was open from its inauguration on 25 May 1625 until its destruction in the fire of 3 May 1691.

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Musical and teaching activities in the residences of composer Pedro de Escobar in Seville (1507–1514)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

During the years that composer Pedro de Escobar served as chapel master at Seville Cathedral, he resided, in the company of the seises of that institution, in two different dwellings …

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