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Betancuria. Fuerteventura. Anonymous (1890-1895) FEDAC-Cabildo de Gran Canaria
Proclamation of St. Bonaventura as patron saint of Fuerteventura (1625)

On 1st November 1625, Saint Bonaventure was solemnly proclaimed patron saint of the island of …

Jan. 21, 2025
Fuente del Pilar Nuevo. Anonymous (1893). FEDAC-Cabildo de Gran Canaria.
Fountains of Las Palmas in the XVIII century

During the mandate of the mayor Vicente Cano (1787-1793), important public works and reforms were …

Dec. 19, 2024
Cathedral of Cuenca
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Cuenca (1584-1730)

Four chapter agreements, six accounting items, a copy of a letter and three detailed inventories …

Nov. 25, 2024
Cristóbal de Morales
Autograph letter from Cristóbal de Morales accompanying the shipment of his mass books printed in Rome to Prince Philip (1546)

The discovery of an unpublished autograph letter by Cristóbal de Morales, dated 15 January 1546 …

Nov. 20, 2024

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Sacred songs for the profession of a monk in the convent of Santa Eulalia de Sarriá (1689)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 1, 2021

On 18 August 1689, the music chapel of Barcelona Cathedral performed four villancicos, probably composed by Juan Barter, its chapel master, at the profession ceremony of Benito Gregorio Castellet in …

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Performances by the Toledo Cathedral Music Chapel in the Alcázar (1677-1679)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Oct. 21, 2021

During the stay in Toledo of the Queen Mother Mariana of Austria (1677-1679), the Toledo Cathedral music chapel performed on numerous occasions in the solemnisation of religious festivities celebrated in …

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A claviorgan in the Palacio de las Cigueñas (1546)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Oct. 19, 2021

A contract published by Pilar Barrios Manzano, in 1980, allows us to learn about the transformation of a harpsichord into a claviorgan, which took place in Cáceres in 1546.

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