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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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Organs at the Alcázar in Madrid (1501)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-12-2020

On March 18, 1501, with the court residing in the Alhambra in Granada, Queen Isabel ordered that three organs that were in the Alcázar of Madrid be brought to the …

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An organ for Luis de la Cerda y de la Vega, I duque de Medinaceli (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-11-2020

Luis de la Cerda, I Duke of Medinaceli, died in Écija (Seville) on November 25, 1501. On October 8, 1502, his testamentaries delivered 11,000 maravedís to Alonso de Castilla in payment for …

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