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The  Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Leonardo Torriani (1588)
Soundscape on a galleon bound for the Indies (1573)

Eugenio Salazar de Alarcón, governor of the islands of Tenerife and La Palma, in a …

Feb. 23, 2026
Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean. Mateo Prunes (1563)
From Tripoli to Venice, fourteenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588–1589)

On 14 November 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his pupil Francisco Sánchez, five pilgrims and …

Feb. 19, 2026
Altar of San Juan Bautista. Anonymous (c. 1390)
Foundations and endowments of the altar of San Juan Bautista (c. 1390) and La Anunciación (c. 1463) in Córdoba Cathedral

The devotional, liturgical and funerary space of the old altar of Saint John the Baptist …

Feb. 16, 2026
Cathedral of Tarazona. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Tarazona (1591-1601)

An inventory from 1591 lists four printed books by Victoria, in addition to a handwritten …

Feb. 12, 2026

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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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