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House of Sebastián Tomás in Valladolid
Robbery at the home of Sebastián Tomás, chapel master of Valladolid Cathedral (1764)

The investigations carried out to find out who was responsible for the robbery at the …

Oct. 17, 2025
Cathedral of Tudela
Books by Tomás Luis de Victoria and other polyphonists in the Tudela cathedral (1549-1640)

A 1609 inventory lists two editions by Victoria. They likely correspond to the two mass …

Oct. 12, 2025
Choir of the Guadix Cathedral
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Guadix cathedral (1588)

The permanent incorporation of a group of minstrels into Guadix Cathedral took place in 1588. …

Oct. 8, 2025
Chapel of San Miguel. Cathedral of Cordoba. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Foundation and endowment of the Chapel of San Miguel in the Cathedral of Cordoba (1255)

On 5 April 1255, Doña Lambra, wife of Lope García de Losa, one of the …

Sept. 29, 2025

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The sounds of the Alcázar Genil

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-12-2017

The Alcazar Genil (Qasar al-Sayyid or Alcázar del Señor), a royal periurban almunia of Almohad origin, near the hermitage of San Sebastián, was ordered to be built in 1218 by …

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An opera for the wedding of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-11-2017

In the festivities that were celebrated on the occasion of the marriage of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750), the premiere of the “opera” Daño y provecho …

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