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Letras para cantar una niña a una que entraba religiosa en San Cristóbal
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of San Cristóbal in Valencia

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of San Cristóbal in …

Aug. 12, 2023
Hospital of La Misericordia. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Confraternities at the hospital of La Misericordia in Granada

Confraternities at the hospital of La Misericordia in Granada.

Aug. 11, 2023
Zante Island.  Donato Bertelli (c. 1574)
Zante, fifth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Zante, fifth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Aug. 10, 2023
View of the choir and main chapel of Seville Cathedral from the archiepiscopal chair
Lyrics by José Vicente Ortí y Mayor for the villancicos of the cathedral of Seville (1727-1737)

In the decade of 1727-1737, Pedro Rabassa received in Seville several texts of villancicos from …

Aug. 9, 2023

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Burials of Matías de la Chica in Granada (1701)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
22-07-2018

The execution of the will of Matías de la Chica (1701), sacristan of the church of San Andrés in Granada, gives us an insight into his financial situation and the …

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Ordinance and cry of the trade of making strings of vihuelas in Granada (1541)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-07-2018

The regulation “of the trade of making strings of vihuela”, contained in the Ordenanzas municipales de Granada (1552, reprinted in 1676) -title 116-, is the first printed compilation for this …

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Harpists of the San Miguel music chapel in Seville (1715)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-07-2018

The presence of three harpists in the music chapel of the church of San Miguel in Seville in 1715 prompted Pedro Grande, a player of this instrument, to apply for …

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