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Main chapel of León Cathedral. Interior.
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of León (1591-1602)

Transcription of four chapter agreements and an inventory of singing books from the Cathedral of …

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Chapel of the Conversión de San Pablo. Cathedral of Cordoba
Foundation and endowment of the medieval chapel of the Conversión de San Pablo in Córdoba Cathedral (1387)

In 1387, Elfa de la Torre, widow of Pedro Muñiz de Godoy, Master of the …

April 7, 2026
Customs House in Cádiz
English keyboard instruments at the Customs House in Cádiz (1794)

The records of royal orders for the government of the Customs Office of Cádiz, corresponding …

March 30, 2026
Old fortress
From Venice to Marseille with a stopover in Livorno. Fifteenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1589)

Francisco Guerrero and his pupil Francisco Sánchez must have set out from Venice in early …

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Performance of La puerta Macarena by Juan Pérez de Montalbán

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

In 1677, Félix Pascual's company performed Juan Pérez de Montalbán's La puerta Macarena at the corral de comedias de la Montería.

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Building of a play house (1625)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The corral de comedias of La Montería in Seville was open from its inauguration on 25 May 1625 until its destruction in the fire of 3 May 1691.

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Musical and teaching activities in the residences of composer Pedro de Escobar in Seville (1507–1514)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

During the years that composer Pedro de Escobar served as chapel master at Seville Cathedral, he resided, in the company of the seises of that institution, in two different dwellings …

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