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Interior of the church of Las Calatravas, in Madrid. Francisco Hernández Tomé (1870-1872)
Organist at the convent of la Concepción Real in Madrid

Four files kept in the Archivo Nacional de España reveal the names of several organists …

Dec. 12, 2023
Chapel of Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso
Confraternities at the Campillo tribune in Granada

Confraternities at the Campillo tribune in Granada.

Dec. 4, 2023
Cathedral of Santiago
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Guatemala

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Guatemala

Dec. 2, 2023
<em>Construction of the Cathedral of Santiago de Guatemala</em>. Antonio Ramírez Montúfar (c. 1678)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Guatemala

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Guatemala

Nov. 15, 2023

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Procession of blood and disciplines during Lent in Seville (1285)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-03-2018

A brief piece of news from an apostolic brief by Pope Martin V, in 1285, brings us closer to the first penitential brotherhood that we know of in Seville. It …

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Inventory of the musical instruments and books for the wind players of the cathedral of Granada (1657)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
22-03-2018

The inventory of the “goods” of the Granada cathedral, carried out in 1657, provides us with a list of the instruments and minstrels’ books that the cathedral had on that …

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Zambreros (Moorish ensemble) in the Alhambra (1501)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-03-2018

&nbsp;On 19 April 1501, during one of her stays in Granada, Queen Isabella the Catholic ordered a payment of four doubloons of gold to a group of "newly converted instrumentalist", …

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