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Floor plan of the church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary in Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (4). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Valley of Josaphat

Visit to Jerusalem (4). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Valley of …

June 3, 2024
Interior of Calahorra cathedral. Picture by J. Poyo
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Calahorra cathedral (1572-1593)

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Calahorra cathedral (1572-1593).

June 1, 2024
San Bartolome square
Foundation of the confraternity of the Christ of the Via Sacra at the church of San Bartolomé in Granada (1682)

A file in the Archivo Histórico Diocesano of Granada allows us to know the date …

May 31, 2024

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First organ to the church of Padules (Almería)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-11-2020

The first organ in the church of Padules (Almería) must have been built c. 1762 and was paid exclusively by its membership. The first organist to take charge of it …

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Incorporation of the wind players to the Cathedral of Ávila

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
21-11-2020

The first news about the hiring and participation of instrumentalists in the festivities of the Cathedral of Ávila dates frim 1520. During the first decades, musicians and groups of musicians …

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Francisco Guerrero's books embarked for the Indies (1601)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-11-2020

In 1601, twenty-four volumes with music by Francisco Guerrero were embarked on the ship San Francisco, including sixteen copies of the Liber vesperarum (Rome, 1584). Individually packed in wooden boxes, they left …

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Francisco Guerrero's books embarked for the Indies (1601)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-11-2020

In 1601, twenty-four volumes with music by Francisco Guerrero were embarked on the ship San Francisco, including sixteen copies of the Liber vesperarum (Rome, 1584). Individually packed in wooden boxes, they left …

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Organist and singer at the convent of Santa Clara in Trujillo (Perú)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
16-11-2020

Isabel Arias de Bobadilla, born in Cuzco, was an outstanding singer and organist who spent seventy-three of her eighty years in the convents of Poor Clares in the Peruvian cities …

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