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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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Misereres sung before the Christ tied to the Column in the convent of Santa Teresa in Ávila

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
26-02-2020

Apart from its liturgical function, Psalm 51 (50) Miserere mei Deus was sung in other devotional contexts in many churches and chapels, in Lent and Holy Week. This resulted in …

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Renovation of the organ in the collegiate church of Santa Fe (1736)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-02-2020

In 1732, the chapter of the collegiate church of Santa Fe (Granada) agreed with the organ builder Fray Francisco Alejo Muñoz the renovation of the organ of his church, which …

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The Song of the Sibyl in the Tarragona Cathedral

Sergi González González
18-02-2020

Since 2014, the Song of the Sibyl is represented again in the cathedral of Tarragona. Eritrea, a sibyl daughter of a nymph, answers St. Augustine's questions about the redeemer's second …

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