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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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The sounds of the Alcázar Genil

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-12-2017

The Alcazar Genil (Qasar al-Sayyid or Alcázar del Señor), a royal periurban almunia of Almohad origin, near the hermitage of San Sebastián, was ordered to be built in 1218 by …

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An opera for the wedding of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-11-2017

In the festivities that were celebrated on the occasion of the marriage of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750), the premiere of the “opera” Daño y provecho …

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