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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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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-09-2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-09-2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-09-2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

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