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Church of Santa María and castle-palace of the Zúñiga family in Curiel.
Theatrical representations in the town of Curiel (1624)

In 1624, the governors of the brotherhood of Nuestra Señora del Rosario of the town …

Jan. 6, 2024
Choir. Cathedral of Murcia. Sucesores de Nogués (c. 1920)
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical staff of the cathedral of Murcia (1573)

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical staff of the cathedral of Murcia (1573).

Dec. 29, 2023
White Mosque (chuch of the Forty Martyrs)
Prayers and chants of the pilgrims in the holy places of Rama (1602)

Mosén Miquel Matas, in La devota peregrinació de la Terra Sancta y ciutat de Hierusalem …

Dec. 19, 2023
<em>Veuë de la ville de Rama située a l'occident de Jerusalem, entre Lydda et Joppé</em>. Antoine Augustin Calmet (1730)
Rama, eighth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

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

Dec. 18, 2023

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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-09-2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-09-2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-09-2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

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