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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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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-09-2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-09-2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-09-2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

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