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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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Diego Díaz, first town crier of the city of Santiago de Guatemala (1527-1530)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 3, 2021

Diego Díaz's appointment as town crier in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was made on the very day of its foundation, 27 July 1524. He remained …

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Diego Díaz, first town crier of the city of Santiago de Guatemala (1524-1527)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 2, 2021

Diego Díaz's appointment as town crier in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was made on the very day of its foundation, 27 July 1524. He remained …

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Public concert in the hall of the Valencia Shoemakers' Guild (1790)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 24, 2021

In the autumn of 1790, the chapel master Angelo di San Michele settled in Valencia. He would soon offer his services as a teacher of singing, harpsichord, forte-piano and psaltery …

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Miserere at the Campo Santo de los Mártires in Córdoba (1633)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 4, 2021

On 3 March 1633, the Chapter of Cordoba Cathedral banned the Miserere that was sung at night in the Campo Santo de los Mártires in Cordoba, although we do not …

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