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"Coruña". <em>Descripcion de Espana y de las Costas y Puertos de sus Reynos</em>. Pedro Texeira (1634)
Entry, stay and embarkation of Prince Felipe in La Coruña (1554)

On 27 June 1554, Prince Felipe arrived in La Coruña, where he stayed until 13 …

March 4, 2024
"Tiple 1º". <em>Albricias, zagalas</em>. Anónimo. CENIDIM, CSG.010.
Villancicos for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Santísima Trinidad in Puebla: new findings

This article complements that of the "Villancicos compuestos para la ceremonia de profesión de monjas …

Feb. 29, 2024
Convent of Santa Catalina of Ávila
Nuns music and polyphony in the Dominican convent of Santa Catalina in Ávila

The convent of Dominican nuns of Santa Catalina Martyr in the city of Ávila (1486-1836) …

Feb. 24, 2024
Our Lady of Antigua or La Grande Bell. Peeter van den Ghein III and Pauwels van Laere. Malinas (1600). Photography: Fernando Cova del Pino
Apprenticeship contract of a bell ringer at the Cathedral of Las Palmas (1619)

In this article we present the contract or deed, granted on February 4, 1619, in …

Feb. 20, 2024

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Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 24, 2019

Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Seville using the Reaper programme, in which holophonic sounds have been used. This recreation was based on recordings of ambient sounds made …

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Votive masses sung with organ in the convent of San Antón in Granada (1747)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 20, 2019

In the convent of San Antón in Granada, four hundred and twenty-one sung masses were celebrated annually with deacons, acolytes and organ, nine of them with sermons, which earned the …

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New harp for Granada Cathedral (1654)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 7, 2019

On 6 November 1653, the Chapter of Granada Cathedral agreed with Clemente Jiménez, a guitar maker from Granada, to build a harp for 350 reales (11,900 maravedís). The instrument was …

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