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Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. <em>Vista Arámburu</em> (Cádiz, c. 1675)
A contract of a group of minstrels with the confraternity of Our Lady of Candelaria in Cádiz (1612)

On 15 February 1612, Francisco del Pozo and Jerónimo de Monardes, brothers of the confraternity …

Feb. 20, 2023
Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria. Granada. View taken from above the Generalife. Alfred Guesdon (1855?)
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada.

Feb. 19, 2023
Palacio of Huitziméngari
Music books of the indigenous governor Antonio Huitziméngari (1559)

On 10 August 1559, the indigenous governor Antonio Huitziméngari acquired a batch of books in …

Feb. 14, 2023
Our Lady of the Aurora. Bernardo de Mora, padre
Procession of the transfer of the image of Our Lady of the Aurora to the convent of San Gregorio Bético in Granada (1698)

In 1698, the community of minor clerics of the convent of San Gregorio Bético granted …

Feb. 12, 2023

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First organs of Mallorca cathedral (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-08-2019

The oldest extant Llibre de Fàbrica of the Cathedral of Mallorca (1327-1345) provides us some information about the musical activity in this institution. In this event, you will find the …

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Italian music for cardinal Portocarrero at the archbishops palace in Toledo

José María Domínguez Rodríguez
29-08-2019

In a letter dated 30 August 1679, the French countess of Aulnoy wrote that cardinal Portocarrero «had brought musicians from Rome whom he paid very well» and described a banquet …

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African drummers in late fifteenth-century Barcelona

Tess Knighton
25-08-2019

Black musicians – including drummers, trumpeters, wind-players&nbsp;and singers – were active throughout Europe during the&nbsp; fifteenth and sixteenth centuries employed at courts and by civic authorities. Some were slaves; others …

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Saturday Mass of Our Lady and salve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-08-2019

From the beginning of the 16th century, in the diocese of the Canarias, suffragan of Seville, we find the foundation of two liturgical services that had previously been founded in …

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Mencía de Requesens is welcomed in 1602

Ascensión Mazuela Anguita
22-08-2019

The Palau de la Comtessa (Palace of the Countess) in Barcelona was an important setting for social networking and meetings between members of the nobility, royalty, and government in the …

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