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Main square of Écija
Trumpets and drummers from the city of Écija (1563-1576)

On 2/07/1563 the aldermen of Écija agreed with the trumpeters Luis de Vargas and Juan …

Feb. 1, 2023
Binding.  <em>Canticum Beatae Mariae </em>. Francisco Guerrero. [D-AN VI g 19]
Works by Francisco Guerrero in Ansbach (1564)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Ansbach (1564).

Feb. 1, 2023
<em>Villancicos que se han de cantar en el nuevo ... Convento de la Compañia de Maria... el dia 8 de Septiembre de 1745</em>
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza …

Jan. 29, 2023
Guitarra (1). Agustín Caro (1824). Private collection of Aarón García Ruiz. Picture by Aarón García Ruiz
Guild of luthiers or guitar makers in Granada (1815)

A document recording the contribution made to the state for the maintenance of the armies …

Jan. 27, 2023

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Procession of blood and disciplines during Lent in Seville (1285)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-03-2018

A brief piece of news from an apostolic brief by Pope Martin V, in 1285, brings us closer to the first penitential brotherhood that we know of in Seville. It …

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Inventory of the musical instruments and books for the wind players of the cathedral of Granada (1657)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
22-03-2018

The inventory of the “goods” of the Granada cathedral, carried out in 1657, provides us with a list of the instruments and minstrels’ books that the cathedral had on that …

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Zambreros (Moorish ensemble) in the Alhambra (1501)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-03-2018

&nbsp;On 19 April 1501, during one of her stays in Granada, Queen Isabella the Catholic ordered a payment of four doubloons of gold to a group of "newly converted instrumentalist", …

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