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, …
In 1610, Fray Matías de Herrera, prior of the convent of San Agustín and the members of his community contracted with the organ builder Martín Alonso de Aranda, a resident …
A keyboard manuscript from the archives of the convent of Santa Clara in Seville gives us an insight into the transfer of the secular repertoire from the domestic sphere to …
In 1598, Fray Antonio Tineo contracted the Flemish organ builder Enrique Franco in Seville to build three organs for the Franciscan province of the Santísimo Nombre de Jesús in Guatemala: …
The Tasas de mercaderías printed in Madrid and Granada, in accordance with the royal pragmatic published in Madrid on 13 September 1627, whose purpose was to try to curb speculation …
The confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Justo y Pastor celebrated the feast of the Souls in Purgatory every year on 2 November. As was customary, …
In the 1660s, the Discalced Carmelite Giuseppe di Santa Maria travelled to Goa (India) for the second time. In his chronicle of the trip, he gives an account of the …
In the last quarter of the 16th century, the music of Francisco Guerrero, Tomás Luis de Victoria and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina dominated the soundscape of St Paul's College in …
In 1578, only two years after the foundation of the Portuguese colony of Luanda, the first European-style musical structures had already been created. Probably in its first church, the Missa …
Guiomar Caro's pious endowment exemplifies the memorials instituted in the church of San Andrés, in Granada, at the beginning of the 17th century. They consisted of the vespers service and …
The procession that Seville Cathedral organised on the second day of Rogations (Tuesday before Ascension Day) to the church of San Isidoro was one of the oldest in the annual …