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Church of Santa Cruz in Madrid
Hiring of a group of minstrels by the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament of the church of Santa Cruz in Madrid (1631)

On 10 October 1631, the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of Santa …

May 26, 2024
Little cloister. Monastery of the Cartuja in Granada
Francisco Guerrero in the treatise Historia y origen de la música y canto llano by Juan Sánchez Vidal (1755)

In the middle of the 18th century, the figure of Francisco Guerrero was still highly …

May 24, 2024
Church of the Monastery of Descalzas Reales
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Descalzas Reales in Madrid (1708)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Descalzas Reales in …

May 22, 2024
Signature of Diego López
Contracts of Diego Lopez and Enrique Franco for the tuning and maintenance of the organs in Seville Cathedral (1594)

On 3 September 1594, the organ builders Diego López and Enrique Franco signed the notarial …

May 19, 2024

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Wind players in the West Indies Fleet (1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-12-2015

The galleons that captained the fleet of the Indies carried among their crews several salaried minstrels. Jerónimo Franco, a ministril, embarked on the nao almiranta which in 1620 went "to …

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Feast of the Conception of Our Lady in the convent of Santo Tomás de Villanueva

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-11-2015

In the convent of Santo Tomás de Villanueva, commonly known as Tomasas, the nuns celebrate on 8 December a particular ceremony typical of this female monastery in Granada, which probably …

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