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Old church. Sala de Legos. Monastery of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (La Cartuja)
Confraternities at the monastery of La Cartuja in Granada

Confraternities at the monastery of La Cartuja in Granada.

April 6, 2024
Archivo de la Capilla Real de Granada. <em>Missarum liber secundus</em> (1582). Libro de polifonía nº2, fols. 82v-83r
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Capilla Real in Granada

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Capilla Real in Granada.

April 1, 2024
Door of the convent of São Félix e Santo Adrião de Chelas (detail)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of São Félix e Santo Adrião de Chelas in Lisbon (1675)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of São Félix e …

March 31, 2024
Convent of San Salvador (c. 1900)
Pilgrims' prayers and chants in the convent of St Saviour of Jerusalem (1602)

Pilgrims' prayers and chants in the convent of St Saviour of Jerusalem (1602).

March 31, 2024

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First organs of Mallorca cathedral (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-08-2019

The oldest extant Llibre de Fàbrica of the Cathedral of Mallorca (1327-1345) provides us some information about the musical activity in this institution. In this event, you will find the …

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Italian music for cardinal Portocarrero at the archbishops palace in Toledo

José María Domínguez Rodríguez
29-08-2019

In a letter dated 30 August 1679, the French countess of Aulnoy wrote that cardinal Portocarrero «had brought musicians from Rome whom he paid very well» and described a banquet …

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African drummers in late fifteenth-century Barcelona

Tess Knighton
25-08-2019

Black musicians – including drummers, trumpeters, wind-players&nbsp;and singers – were active throughout Europe during the&nbsp; fifteenth and sixteenth centuries employed at courts and by civic authorities. Some were slaves; others …

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Saturday Mass of Our Lady and salve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-08-2019

From the beginning of the 16th century, in the diocese of the Canarias, suffragan of Seville, we find the foundation of two liturgical services that had previously been founded in …

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Mencía de Requesens is welcomed in 1602

Ascensión Mazuela Anguita
22-08-2019

The Palau de la Comtessa (Palace of the Countess) in Barcelona was an important setting for social networking and meetings between members of the nobility, royalty, and government in the …

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