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Church of Santa María del Castillo
New Mass of Bernardo Hugón in Campo Real (1675)

The lawsuit brought by Antonio García de Torres, chapel master of the magisterial church of …

Aug. 23, 2024
Church of Santiago. Bernardo Rico (1864)
Apprenticeship contract for an organist in Guadalajara (1572)

The apprenticeship contract signed in 1572 between the sacristan and organist of the church of …

Aug. 20, 2024
Title page. <em>Veni sponsa mea dilecta</em> (1780)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in Balaguer (1780)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in …

Aug. 19, 2024
Façade of the Cathedral of Canaria. Illustration from the manuscript by José Agustín Álvarez Rixo, entitled Cuadro histórico de estas Islas Canarias (1808-1812). Library of the University of La Laguna. Personal archive of José Agustín Álvarez Rixo.
The “release” of the clock of the Cathedral of Las Palmas (18th-19th centuries)

The main and only mission of the clock bell of the Cathedral of Las Palmas …

Aug. 6, 2024

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Stella cæli extirpavit an antiphon against the plague

Juan Ruiz Jiménez, Juan Carlos Asensio Palacios
March 23, 2020

Tradition dates back to 1317 the miraculous handing over of Saint Bartholomew to the nuns of the convent of Santa Clara, in Coimbra, of the antiphon Stella cæli extirpavit to …

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Works of Francisco Guerrero in Lerma (Burgos)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 22, 2020

Works of Francisco Guerrero in the collegiate church of San Pedro and in the convent fo San Blas in Lerma (Burgos).

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Repair of the organ of the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Huécija (Almería) in 1712

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 7, 2020

Repair of the organ of the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Huécija (Almería) by the organ builder fray Miguel de San Jerónimo, resident in the convent of San …

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Repair of the organ of the church of Santa Cruz in Canjáyar (Almería) in 1712

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 5, 2020

Repair of the organ of the church of Santa Cruz in Canjáyar (Almería) by the organ builder fray Miguel de San Jerónimo, resident in the convent of San Antonio Abad …

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