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Signature of Isabel Barbosa. AHPV, protocolos notariales, leg. 803, fol. 998r
Valladolid
Schoolgirl musicians at the College of Doncellas Nobles in Valladolid (1596-1600)

The College of the Doncellas Nobles, also referred to as the Colegio de Daza, was …

Aug. 5, 2023
Church of San Martín (Bocaue)
Bocaue
Music and Ritual in the Franciscan Convents and doctrinas of the Province of San Gregorio (1726)

The Estatutos y ordenaciones de la Santa Provincia de San Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de …

July 20, 2023
<em>Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén</em> (1603) [E-PAp Mont. 6.779]
Valencia
First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603)

First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603).

June 27, 2023
<em>Las finezas de Sunamitis</em>
Barcelona
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Jesús María in Barcelona (1750)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Jesús María in …

June 27, 2023

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Burial of Teresa Enríquez in the convent of Santa María de Jesús (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Torrijos TGN
Oct. 4, 2020

On March 4, 1529, Teresa Enríquez, Gutierre de Cárdenas's wife, died in her town of Torrijos (Toledo). In her will she establishes, with all precision, how her burial should be …

burial AAT funeral procession AAT matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass lauds vespers Teresa Enríquez priest AAT clergy wind players Teresa Enríquez wind players Torres (wind player) Francisco de Mora (wind player) Tolosa (wind player) Domingo de Vergara (wind player) ministers (deacon and subdeacon) Cárdenas palace convent of Santa María de Jesús (Franciscans) church of Santísimo Sacramento
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Francisco Guerrero in the music books of Juan de Borja (1606)

Ferran Escrivà Llorca
Madrid TGN
Oct. 3, 2020

The music library, or rather the music books that Juan de Borja (1533-1606) kept at his death, were inventoried in 1606 and later appraised by Tomás Luis de Victoria. Among …

Francisco Guerrero. Mottecta (1589) [G 4875] Francisco Guerrero. Motteta (1570) [G 4871] motet mapping Francisco Guerrero printed works by Francisco Guerrero Juan de Borja (ambassador in Portugal and Holy Sacred Empire, Empress María of Spain major steward ) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Tomás Luis de Victoria (composer) Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (composer) Federico Olmeda (organist, composer) Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas (I Duke of Lerma) Karl Wilhelm Hiersemann (antiquarian) Palace of Juan de Borja (next to Descalzas Reales)
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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Alicante TGN
Sept. 27, 2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

Plaza de la Fruta
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Works by Francisco Guerrero in the church of Santiago (Valladolid)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Valladolid TGN
Sept. 27, 2020

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the church of Santiago (Valladolid).

polyphonic choirbook copying mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works In passione positus Iesus (motet) Salve regina, 1570 (motet) Ad te suspiramos (motet) Regina celi, 4vv (motet) Ave, Virgo sanctissima (motet) Gloriose confessor Domini (motet) motet Diego Sánchez (master of the choirboys, chapel master, singer) Francisco de Montanos (chapel master, composer, theorist) Felipe Francisco Márquez (printer) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Rodrigo de Ceballos (composer, chapel master) Pedro Guerrero (composer) Cristóbal de Morales (composer, chapel master, singer) church of Santiago Parra street
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Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Córdoba cathedral (1528 / 1554)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Cordova (SP) TGN
Sept. 26, 2020

The process of incorporating a group of wind players in the Cathedral of Córdoba went through several vicissitudes that made the continuity of their service not stabilize until 1554.

mapping incorporation wind player ensembles recruitment of musicians cathedral chapter Juan Álvarez de Toledo (bishop) Leopoldo de Austria (bishop) wind players Diego López de Mora (wind player) Juan Baptista (wind player) Diego Rodríguez (wind player) Diego de Álava y Esquivel (bishop) Cristóbal de Rojas y Sandoval (bishop) Carlos de Cordelas (wind player) Cathedral of the Asunción de Nuestra Señora ULAN
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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
Ávila TGN
Sept. 24, 2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

musical instruments auction inventory of musical instruments viol lute AAT cítara claviorgan AAT clavichord AAT cornett AAT domestic music making arte de canto llano Matía de Guzmán Ana Wasteels birds Sainte Anne monastery (Cistercians nuns) quarter of Saint Pedro
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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Mexico City TGN
Sept. 18, 2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

buying an instrument flute shawm AAT teaching AAT Juan de San Román (Augustinian) Order of Saint Augustine convent of San Agustín (Augustinians)
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Celebrations made in Alicante for the wedding of Felipe V with María Luisa Gabriela de Saboya (1701)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Alicante TGN
Sept. 13, 2020

The wedding between Felipe V and María Luisa Gabriela de Saboya, in 1701, was celebrated in the city of Alicante with a combination of civic and religious elements that, in …

civic-religious festival for the king's wedding the pealing of bells proclamation of the feast announcement AAT street music artillery salute comedia (secular play) AAT procession AAT mass AAT Te deum laudamus (hymn) eucharistic play bullfights AAT illuminations AAT cheers bustle in the street Isidro Escorihuela (chapel master, composer) Jorge Rodríguez (organist) dances AAT fireworks AAT Christmas song (villancico) AAT María Luisa Gabriela de Saboya (Queen) Felipe V (king) city council AAT chapter of the collegiate church of San Nicolás de Bari music chaple of the collegiate church of San Nicolás de Bari clarion player drummers AAT wind players crowd María Navas (actress, company director) Alfonso de Medina (musician of the theater) giants tarasca (dragon) Pedro Calderón de la Barca (writer) town hall Mar square Sangre square collegiate church of San Nicolás de Bari Santa Bárbara castle San Francisco tower San Bartolomé tower San Sebastián tower Montserrat towers Ampolla tower San Carlos bulwark Mayor street Labradores street Hospital street Esperanza street Lonja de Caballeros street
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Works by Francisco Guerrero in the convent of La Trinidad Calzada in Madrid

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Madrid TGN
Sept. 12, 2020

The affiliation of a series of choirbooks preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional to the convent of La Trinidad Calzada in Madrid has also allowed me to locate the only fragment …

mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works misa (music genre) Missa Dormendo un giorno Agustín Sánchez (Calced Trinitarian) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) convent of La Trinidad Calzada (Calced Trinitarians)
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Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Segovia cathedral (1562)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Segovia TGN
Sept. 12, 2020

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Segovia cathedral (1562).

mapping incorporation wind player ensembles recruitment of musicians buying an instrument dulzian viol the violin family cathedral chapter wind players city council AAT Dominico Trebijano (wind player) Morales (wind player) Luis Vázquez (cornetto) Francisco de Espinosa (sackbut) Francisco de Espinosa (dulzian player) Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción and San Frutos
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