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"Engraving of the Crucifixion". <em>Constituciones de la hermandad del Santísimo Cristo de la Fuente</em> (1736)
Confraternities at the hermitage of El Cristo de la Fuente in Granada

Confraternities at the hermitage of El Cristo de la Fuente in Granada

Feb. 17, 2024
<em>Domus boni latronis</em>. Jean Zuallart (1587)
Pilgrims' prayers and chants on the way from Rama to Jerusalem (1602)

Pilgrims' prayers and chants on the way from Rama to Jerusalem (1602).

Feb. 17, 2024
<em>Domus boni latronis</em>. Jean Zuallart (1587)
Jerusalem, ninth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Jerusalem, ninth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Feb. 14, 2024
Cartagena Town Hall and Cathedral
Hiring of a group of minstrels in the city of Cartagena (1605)

In 1605, the City Council of Cartagena (Murcia) hired a group of four minstrels from …

Feb. 7, 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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