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<em>Feast of Our Lady of the Forest</em>. Denis van Alsloot (1616). Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Soundscape of a court party in Vivier d'Oye (1615)

The iconographic representation of a courtly feast that the Archdukes Albert and Isabel Clara Eugenia, …

Nov. 12, 2023
Choir of Coria's cathedral. Picture by Rafael Gómez
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the cathedral of Coria (1593-1600)

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the cathedral of Coria (1593-1600).

Nov. 10, 2023
Cloister of the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced in Cartagena de Indias
Organist of the convent of La Merced in Cartagena de Indias (1773)

A letter from Father José Antonio Montaño, "comendador" of the convent of Nuestra Señora de …

Nov. 1, 2023
Madrid. Anton van den Wyngaerde (1562)
Musicians and luthiers resident in Madrid (1625)

The Libro de los nombres y calles de Madrid sobre que se paga incómodas y …

Oct. 28, 2023

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Rules for trumpets and jongleurs in Seville (c. 1337)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-06-2016

The ordinance of the trumpets and minstrels of Seville, made c. 1337, during the reign of Alfonso XI, is the earliest legislative example of which we are aware for a …

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Giants and dragon –tarasca– (1760)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-05-2016

The embellishment and configuration of the tarasca and the personalization of the giants in the Corpus Christi procession could vary from one year to another and in some occasions it …

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Altar in Bibarrambla square for the Corpus Christi procession in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-05-2016

The altar in the Plaza de Bibarrambla was the most prominent of the four altars that the city council paid for each year to be placed in emblematic places on …

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