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Convent of the Minimes de la place Royale
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Libraries of the couvent des Minimes and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Libraries of the couvent des Minimes and the Muséum …

Sept. 2, 2023
Title page and colophon. <em>Viaje de Hierusalem</em>. Francisco Guerrero. Córdoba: [Diego Galván], [c.1596]
First printed edition in Cordoba of El viage de Hierusalem by Francisco Guerrero (c. 1596)

The first Cordovan edition of Francisco Guerrero's El viaje de Hierusalem has neither date nor …

Aug. 30, 2023
signature of the minstrels of Mairena del Alcor (1620)
Creation of a company of minstrels in the Mairena del Alcor (1618-1660)

In 1618 the council of Mairena del Alcor, a town belonging to the lordship of …

Aug. 26, 2023
<em>Missarum liber primus</em>. Cristóbal de Morales (Roma, 1544), fols. 1v-2r
Printed works by Spanish composers or printed in Spain in the Music Library of the Ducal Basilica of Santa Barbara in Mantua (1611)

An inventory of the music library at the ducal basilica of Santa Barbara in Mantua …

Aug. 13, 2023

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Luthier’s exam in Granada (1668)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-11-2018

The Archivo Municipal of Granada preserves an extraordinary document that gives us an account of the conflict of interests that must have arisen between the members of the city's luthiers …

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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-11-2018

The Constituciones del Real Colegio de San Bartolomé y Santiago of Granada (1774) set out the bell tolls that regulated collegiate life and the limited use that students could make …

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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-11-2018

In 1502, Francisco de la Torre, singer, chapel master and composer, lived in a house rented by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral. It was a residence of considerable size, with …

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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-10-2018

The space of the Alameda del río Genil, in Granada, was, at least since the 18th century, a recreational space for the citizens, where a second "Casa de las Chirimías" …

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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-10-2018

The&nbsp;Ordenanzas de Sevilla, published in 1527, established that there would be fourteen town criers in the city and precisely regulated the details of the exercise of their profession.

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