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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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Flemish organ, harpsichords and clavichords in Sevilla (1554)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-07-2017

A notarial protocol signed on 26 May 1554, gives us an insight into the reception of key instruments from Antwerp in Seville in the mid-16th century.

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Ceremony of arming knight and taking the habit of Santiago to Carlos Núñez de Valdivia (1625)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-07-2017

The particular ceremony of knight-arming in the Order of Santiago was also solemnised musically with the organ and the minstrels, as can be seen in the ceremony celebrated in the …

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