You can now talk to Historical Soundscapes! We're launching a new AI chat.

"We've taken a leap into the future so you can travel to the past. Sign up and access our AI chat.

What new feature does this chat offer?
Natural Language: Ask it anything you want to know as if you were talking to a tutor: Which cities did Francisco Guerrero visit on his trip to Jerusalem? or Is there an article about bells?, for example.
Smart Access: Not only does it respond based on the content available on Historical Soundscapes, but it also provides links to articles where you can verify the accuracy of its response.

Recent Entries

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

Articles by year

Reset

Organ in the convent of Santa Inés (1770)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Aug. 12, 2017

The inscription on the organ’s windchest of the convent of Santa Inés tells us that this instrument was built in 1770 by Salvador Pabón y Valdés at the request of …

Read article

Endowment of an octave of the Immaculate Conception (1691)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Aug. 9, 2017

On 27 December 1691, Alonso Bernardo de los Ríos, archbishop of Granada, founded an octave dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in the convent of Jesús y María, which was celebrated …

Read article