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In 1716, the Benedictine community of the Monastery of San Zoilo signed a contract with …
The lawsuit brought by Antonio García de Torres, chapel master of the magisterial church of …
The apprenticeship contract signed in 1572 between the sacristan and organist of the church of …
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in …
In 1585, Pedro de Henao, chief and governor of Ipiales (Colombia), bought a series of ornaments for the church in that city. Among those objects was an organ that was …
The presence of minstrels accompanying the Viaticum on its urban journeys to visit the sick was a common occurrence in 17th and 18th century Seville, as evidenced by the sacramental …
A document issued by the "mayordomazgo" (mayor's office) of the city of Seville, dated 14 April 1385, reveals the name of one of the trumpeters in the service of Pedro …
Read articleA notarial protocol signed on 26 May 1554, gives us an insight into the reception of key instruments from Antwerp in Seville in the mid-16th century.
The particular ceremony of knight-arming in the Order of Santiago was also solemnised musically with the organ and the minstrels, as can be seen in the ceremony celebrated in the …