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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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Prohibition of playing vihuelas to asylees in sacred precincts at the archbishopric of Granada (1572)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-04-2019

The Constituciones Sinodales del Arzobispado de Granada, celebrated by Archbishop Pedro Guerrero on 14 October 1572 and printed by Hugo de Mena in 1573, forbade the asylum seekers in sacred …

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Votive endowment of an annual Salve to Our Lady of the Patronage at Granada cathedral (1699)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-04-2019

In 1699, Juan Antonio Rico, prebendary organist of the cathedral of Granada, endowed the singing of the antiphon Salve regina after Vespers of the Feast of the Patronage of Our …

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Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-04-2019

Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Seville using the Reaper programme, in which holophonic sounds have been used. This recreation was based on recordings of ambient sounds made …

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Votive masses sung with organ in the convent of San Antón in Granada (1747)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-04-2019

In the convent of San Antón in Granada, four hundred and twenty-one sung masses were celebrated annually with deacons, acolytes and organ, nine of them with sermons, which earned the …

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