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Eugenio Salazar de Alarcón, governor of the islands of Tenerife and La Palma, in a …
On 14 November 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his pupil Francisco Sánchez, five pilgrims and …
The devotional, liturgical and funerary space of the old altar of Saint John the Baptist …
An inventory from 1591 lists four printed books by Victoria, in addition to a handwritten …
The bell maker Antón López, a resident of Seville, combined this profession with that of artilleryman. His activity in the city and towns of the Archdiocese of Seville is documented …
The admission to the convent of the Virgins Santa Justa and Rufina of the daughters of Diego López as musical nuns in 1600 allows us to extend the list of …
In 1384, Alfonso Domínguez and Bernardo Pérez had their bell-making workshops in the parish of San Vicente in Seville.
Read articleThe first documented organ in the church of San Cecilio in Granada was built in 1768, making it the most recent addition to the city's parishes that we know of. …
In the Sevillian census of 1384 we can document the earliest record of a trumpet in the service of the archbishop of Seville, in this case Pedro Gómez Barroso, who …
The last of the organs in the Collegiate Church of Sacromonte was built between 1878 and 1879 by Pedro Roqués and sons, according to the porcelain plaque on the console.
In 1683, a fountain designed by Bernardo Simón de Pineda and carved by the master stonemason Francisco Rodríguez Escalona was placed in the centre of the courtyard of the Hospital …
Read articleIn 1625, the Congregation of the Servants of the Sovereign Spirit hired an independent musical ensemble for the celebration of the Feast of the Forty Hours. Juan Fernández was the …
A music instrument teacher in 14th century Seville.
The location of a series of Seville missals printed before 1498, in a visit to churches of the Order of Santiago in Extremadura, has allowed adding a new exemplar to …