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Church of Santa María del Castillo
New Mass of Bernardo Hugón in Campo Real (1675)

The lawsuit brought by Antonio García de Torres, chapel master of the magisterial church of …

Aug. 23, 2024
Church of Santiago. Bernardo Rico (1864)
Apprenticeship contract for an organist in Guadalajara (1572)

The apprenticeship contract signed in 1572 between the sacristan and organist of the church of …

Aug. 20, 2024
Title page. <em>Veni sponsa mea dilecta</em> (1780)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in Balaguer (1780)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in …

Aug. 19, 2024
Façade of the Cathedral of Canaria. Illustration from the manuscript by José Agustín Álvarez Rixo, entitled Cuadro histórico de estas Islas Canarias (1808-1812). Library of the University of La Laguna. Personal archive of José Agustín Álvarez Rixo.
The “release” of the clock of the Cathedral of Las Palmas (18th-19th centuries)

The main and only mission of the clock bell of the Cathedral of Las Palmas …

Aug. 6, 2024

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Organ for the chapel of San Jerónimo in the university of Salamanca (1509)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In March 1509, Nicolás Pérez, an organ maker based in Toledo, presented to the University of Salamanca an organ he had been commissioned to build. This instrument was destined to …

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Organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares (1510)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In 1510, Nicolás Pérez built an organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares, whose composition and caracteristics we know through a sheet containing …

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Noise pollution produced by hydraulic mills

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-12-2019

The hydraulic mills located on the Genil river bank and inside the city of Granada would be one of the main agents causing noise pollution in these urban and peri-urban …

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The rise of pendons in Plasencia by Queen Joan and King Charles (1516)

Gisela Coronado Schwindt
08-12-2019

On 25 July 1516, the council authorities of the city of Plasencia paid tribute to Queen Joan and King Charles I by raising the royal pendon, displaying it in the …

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