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Title page. <em>Orphenica lyra</em>. Miguel de Fuenllana
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Aug. 6, 2024
House of Íñigo de la Cruz Manrique de Lara y Ramírez de Arellano, 11th conde de Aguilar de Inestrillas
Theatrical performance sponsored by Íñigo de la Cruz Manrique de Lara, XI Count of Aguilar de Inestrillas, in Manzanares

At an indeterminate date, probably between 1712 and 1716, Eugenio Gerardo Lobo, "el capitán coplero", …

July 25, 2024
A <em>Nouvelle description de la fameuse ville de Barcelone</em> (detail), Louis Boissevin, 164[5], Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya
Pro pluvia rituals in Barcelona (1687)

Alongside details of the ordinary conventions and ceremonies of the liturgical calendar at Barcelona Cathedral, …

June 20, 2024
Stations on the Valley of Josaphat. Map of Jerusalem. Friar Antonino de Angelis (1578)
Visit to Jerusalem (4). Third day of the stations' tour (Valley of Josaphat). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Visit to Jerusalem (4). Third day of the stations' tour (Valley of Josaphat). Francisco Guerrero's …

June 3, 2024

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First organs of Mallorca cathedral (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-08-2019

The oldest extant Llibre de Fàbrica of the Cathedral of Mallorca (1327-1345) provides us some information about the musical activity in this institution. In this event, you will find the …

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Italian music for cardinal Portocarrero at the archbishops palace in Toledo

José María Domínguez Rodríguez
29-08-2019

In a letter dated 30 August 1679, the French countess of Aulnoy wrote that cardinal Portocarrero «had brought musicians from Rome whom he paid very well» and described a banquet …

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African drummers in late fifteenth-century Barcelona

Tess Knighton
25-08-2019

Black musicians – including drummers, trumpeters, wind-players&nbsp;and singers – were active throughout Europe during the&nbsp; fifteenth and sixteenth centuries employed at courts and by civic authorities. Some were slaves; others …

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Saturday Mass of Our Lady and salve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-08-2019

From the beginning of the 16th century, in the diocese of the Canarias, suffragan of Seville, we find the foundation of two liturgical services that had previously been founded in …

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Mencía de Requesens is welcomed in 1602

Ascensión Mazuela Anguita
22-08-2019

The Palau de la Comtessa (Palace of the Countess) in Barcelona was an important setting for social networking and meetings between members of the nobility, royalty, and government in the …

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