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Hormuz Fortress  (c.1600)
Meninos orfãos at the Jesuit mission of Ormuz (1553)

In 1553, the Jesuit António de Herédia left Goa, accompanied by Father Alejo Diaz and …

Aug. 6, 2023
Signature of Isabel Barbosa. AHPV, protocolos notariales, leg. 803, fol. 998r
Schoolgirl musicians at the College of Doncellas Nobles in Valladolid (1596-1600)

The College of the Doncellas Nobles, also referred to as the Colegio de Daza, was …

Aug. 5, 2023
Church of San Martín (Bocaue)
Music and Ritual in the Franciscan Convents and doctrinas of the Province of San Gregorio (1726)

The Estatutos y ordenaciones de la Santa Provincia de San Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de …

July 20, 2023
Convent of San Francisco in Manila
Music and Ritual in the Franciscan Convents and doctrinas of the Province of San Gregorio (1726)

The Estatutos y ordenaciones de la Santa Provincia de San Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de …

July 20, 2023

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Serenades under the windows of the Concepción Jerónima convent in Madrid (1589)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-10-2020

A circumstantial news brings us closer to the serenades that were given under the windows of female convents in which characters of a certain lineage were temporarily housed. In this …

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Teaching of music in the Franciscan school of San Juan Evangelista y San Andrés (c. 1551-1581)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-10-2020

Between c. 1551 and 1581, the Franciscans ran the San Andrés school, in which an outstanding teaching activity was developed that gave special importance to the teaching of plain chant, …

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