The Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek), founded by King Frederick III in 1648 and …
There is a wealth of information about the musical instruments found in Calahorra Cathedral. A …
We analyze the probable sequence of dedications of the chapel in Córdoba Cathedral currently known …
Lawsuit filed in Madrid by Agustín de Silva Fernández de Híjar, 10th Duke of Hijar, …
The endowment charter of Alonso de Sevilla, established in 1495 in the church of San Martín in Seville, allows us to know about his burial in the chapel of San …
In 1623, the entry of secular women into the cloister of the convent of la Madre de Dios (Comendadoras de Santiago) was authorized to reinforce the musical staff they had …
The pious endowment of Bartolomé Sánchez Paniagua in the church of Omnium Sanctorum in Seville, in 1481, allows us to know about the existence of an organ and an organist …
In July 1658, the town council of the city of Granada was responsible for the celebration of the urban festivities for the birth of Prince Felipe Próspero, which took place …
El Cathálogo de todos los criados mayores y menores que han servido a los excelentísimos duques de Medina, preserved in the Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid, allows us to …
On 10 January 1600, the silk weaver Diego Ruiz signed an apprenticeship contract with Bartolomé de Salazar, a minstrel, to learn to play the shawm, which provides us with some …
In 1485, the beneficiaries of the church of San Bartolomé in Seville awarded the chapel of San Felipe and San Jacobo to the judeoconverso Andrés de Toledo, money changer, and …
The Franciscan nunnery of Santa Inés had a small music chapel at least since the seventeenth century, which was under the direction of a “chapel master”.
The pious endowment made by Isabel Sánchez in her will of a feast of the Conception and another of the Incarnation allows us to document the presence of the organ …
The contract established in 1574 between Juan Ortiz, "master of dance", and the instrumentalist Blas de Torres allows us to document the first "school" of dance in Granada.
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