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Church of the convent of Santa Inés in Sevilla. Picture by José Becerra
Villancicos for the convent of Santa Inés in Seville (1634)

In the Biblioteca Histórica José María Lafragua, in Puebla, there is the only known copy …

Oct. 25, 2023
Jaffa. David Roberts (1839)
Jaffa, seventh stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Jaffa, seventh stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Oct. 23, 2023
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
Works by Francisco Guerrero printed by Antonio Blado in Rome (1559)

Works by Francisco Guerrero printed by Antonio Blado in Rome (1559).

Oct. 22, 2023
Convento de la Santísima Trinidad de Valencia
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of La Santísima Trinidad in Valencia

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of La Santísima Trinidad …

Oct. 21, 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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