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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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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Cathedral minstrels in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo (1578)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-02-2022

A document in the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on two of the minstrels of the cathedral who lived in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo, Juan …

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Processions at Holy Week in Granada (1631)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-01-2022

In 1631, Juan Palacios, provost of the Diocese, reduced the number of brotherhoods that could make their penitential procession in Granada during Holy Week that year from nine to three.

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