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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)

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Annual income of the organist and sacristan of the church of the Encarnación in Alhama (1582)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 7, 2023

The annual income of a parish organist came from different sources, some in money and others in kind. It is relatively common for the positions of organist and sacristan to …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Jan. 29, 2023

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

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Guild of luthiers or guitar makers in Granada (1815)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Jan. 27, 2023

A document recording the contribution made to the state for the maintenance of the armies in 1815, preserved in the Archive of the Colegiata del Salvador in Granada, provides a …

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Music lessons to Ana Martínez de Labandera in Valladolid (1642)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Jan. 15, 2023

The contract drawn up on 11 September 1642 between Roque Pérez de Lara, a resident of Valladolid, and Francisco González, minstrel of the cathedral of that city, provides details of …

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The polyphonic music library of the cathedral of Granada in 1667

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Jan. 12, 2023

The "Memoria de los libros de canto de órgano que hay en esta santa iglesia de Granada y están a cargo de el maestro de capilla", signed by the maestro …

music book inventory misa (music genre) vespers motet Philippe Rogier. Missae Sex (1598) Sebastián de Vivanco. Liber missarum (1608) Duarte Lobo. Liber missarum (1621) Cristóbal de Morales. Missa Cortilla Alfonso Lobo. Liber primus missarum (1602) psalm AAT hymn AAT magnificat salve passions Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia. Canticum Beatissimae Virginis (1618) Duarte Lobo. Cantica Beata Mariae Virginis (1605) Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missae, magnificat, motecta, psalmi et alia (1600) [V 1435] Sebastián López de Velasco. Libro de missas, motetes, salmos, magníficas y otras cosas (1628) Pietro Giovanni Flaccomio. Liber primus concentus (1611) Antonio Mogavero. Lamentationum Jeremiae prophetae (1623) Te deum laudamus (hymn) wind players book Francisco Guerrero. Liber primus missarum (1565/1566) [G 4870] Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] mapping Francisco Guerrero Luis Garay (chapel master, prebendary) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Philippe Rogier (composer) Géry de Ghersem (composer, chapel master) Sebastián de Vivanco (composer, chapel master) Duarte Lobo (composer, chapel master) Cristóbal de Morales (composer, chapel master, singer) Santos de Aliseda (tenor, chapel master) Alonso Lobo de Borja (composer, chapel master) Rodrigo de Ceballos (composer, chapel master) Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (organist, composer) Pedro Ruiz Zurita (copyist, Franciscan) Jerónimo de Aliseda (composer, chapel master) Luis de Aranda (chapel master, composer) Rodrigo de Ceballos (composer, chapel master) Tomás Luis de Victoria (composer) Sebastián López de Velasco (composer, chapel master) Pietro Giovanni Flaccomio (composer) Antonio Mogavero (compositor, maestro de capilla) Nicolas Gombert (compositor) Cristóbal Martínez (dulcian player) cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Choir
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