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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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The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-12-2021

A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and danced in the cities and towns of the Hispanic crowns during the Modern Age.

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Sebastián de Vivanco and the musical libraries

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado, Michael Noone
06-12-2021

On three separate occasions, music books were found to be missing soon after Sebastián de Vivanco left important positions: first when he exchanged the post of chapelmaster at Ávila cathedral …

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