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“Polychoral” performance of Francisco Guerrero’s Pange lingua in Seville Cathedral

The adaptation of Francisco Guerrero’s hymn Pange lingua in Seville Cathedral during the 17th century …

May 25, 2023
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Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén in Granada

May 24, 2023
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Minstrels to accompany the departures of the Viaticum in the church of San Andrés in Madrid

From at least 1630, the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the church of San …

May 23, 2023
Genoa. Génova. <em>Beschreibung vnd Contrafactur der vornembster Stät der Welt</em>, vol. 1, fol. 45v (1582). Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberb
Génova, third stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Génova, third stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

May 22, 2023

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A fortepiano built in Manila for Queen María Luisa de Parma (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-02-2021

In 1793, Fray Diego de la Virgen del Carmen, a discalced Augustinian monk, built a fortepiano in his convent in Manila (Philippines), with several newly invented registers, which was sent …

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A fortepiano built in Manila for Queen María Luisa de Parma (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-02-2021

In 1793, Fray Diego de la Virgen del Carmen, a discalced Augustinian monk, built a fortepiano in his convent in Manila (Philippines), with several newly invented registers, which was sent …

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Ropewalkers in the Alcázar square in Madrid (1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-02-2021

Description by Jean de L'Hermite, valet to King Philip II, of the acrobatics and games performed by a group of Italian ropewalkers in the Plaza del Alcázar in Madrid in …

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Reception of a music teacher in the convent of Santa Clara de Abando (Vizcaya)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-02-2021

The reception on April 30, 1743 of Isabel Gil Isla as a music teacher in the convent of Santa Clara de Abando (Vizcaya) reveals the existence of a certain musical …

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Wind player at the service of the Soria city council (1607-1613)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-02-2021

A lawsuit between the wind player Francisco Sánchez and the city council of the city of Soria accounts for the hiring of salaried musicians at the service of this municipal …

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