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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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Diego Díaz, first town crier of the city of Santiago de Guatemala (1524-1530)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 2, 2021

Diego Díaz's appointment as town crier in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was made on the very day of its foundation, 27 July 1524. He remained …

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Public concert in the hall of the Valencia Shoemakers' Guild (1790)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 24, 2021

In the autumn of 1790, the chapel master Angelo di San Michele settled in Valencia. He would soon offer his services as a teacher of singing, harpsichord, forte-piano and psaltery …

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