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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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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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