Entradas Recientes

“Ángeles, Belen y Cuevas”. José Vicente Ortí y Mayor
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén in Valencia (1722)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Nuestra Señora de …

May 20, 2023
Title page. Francisco Guerrero. <em>El viage de Hierusalem</em>. Valencia: herederos de Juan Navarro, 1593.
The first Valencian edition of El Viage de Hierusalem (1593) by Francisco Guerrero

The first Valencian edition of El Viage de Hierusalem (1593) by Francisco Guerrero came from …

May 6, 2023
Chapel of the convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Confraternities at the convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra

Confraternities at the convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra.

May 3, 2023
Facade of the convent of San Francisco. Ventura Pérez (c. 1760)
Testament of Pedro López, guitar maker (1671)

The will of the guitar maker Pedro López (17/10/1671) provides us with some biographical information, …

May 2, 2023

Articles by year

Reset

Domestic music at the house of Hernando Colón

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Hernando Colón (1488-1539), second son of the discoverer Cristóbal Colón, was able to begin his musical instruction during the years in which he served as page for Prince Juan. The …

Read article

Mock tournaments fought with bulrushes (juegos de cañas) at the Lobos' square

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In the expansion area of the Christian city, in the 16th century, the Plaza de los Lobos was laid out. Square in shape, it was the site of sporadic juegos …

Read article

Public festivals at the Campo del Príncipe

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In 1513, the city council prepared the space known today as Campo del Príncipe to form a recreational square in which jousting, tournaments, tournaments rings, etc., events in which trumpets, …

Read article