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Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)

The Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek), founded by King Frederick III in 1648 and …

Sept. 24, 2025
Cathedral of Calahorra. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
Inventory of musical instruments from the Calahorra Cathedral (1631-1645)

There is a wealth of information about the musical instruments found in Calahorra Cathedral. A …

Sept. 19, 2025
Chapel of San Esteban and San Bartolomé (1)
Foundation of the chapel of Omnium Sanctorum / San Esteban / San Bartolomé in the Cathedral of Cordova (1271)

We analyze the probable sequence of dedications of the chapel in Córdoba Cathedral currently known …

Sept. 15, 2025
Portrait of a young woman (probably María Fernanda Fitz-James-Stuart y Stolberg-Gedern). Mariano Salvador Maella
A fortepiano by Francisco Fernández for the palace of the Dukes of Híjar in Madrid (c. 1807)

Lawsuit filed in Madrid by Agustín de Silva Fernández de Híjar, 10th Duke of Hijar, …

Sept. 11, 2025

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The first referencies to the organ in the convent of Santa Clara in Sevilla (1483)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-12-2019

In 1483, Juana Sánchez, the daughter of García Ferrández, a sea-captain, established a pious endowment for which the Holy Trinity and the Visitation of Santa Isabel feast were to be …

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Purchase of a harpsichord for the cathedral of Almeria (1768)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-12-2019

In December 1767, the chapel master of the cathedral of Almeria, Antonio Ladrón de Guevara, writes a memorial to the cabildo of this cathedral exposing the interest of buying a …

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Apprenticeship contract with a luthier in Jaén (1647)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-11-2019

On March 26, 1647, the luthier master Rodrigo Godínez, a neighbor of San Ildefonso, in Jaén, received as apprentice Sebastian, fifteen, son of Alonso de Espino, a neighbor of the …

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