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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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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Cathedral minstrels in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo (1578)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-02-2022

A document in the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on two of the minstrels of the cathedral who lived in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo, Juan …

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Processions at Holy Week in Granada (1631)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-01-2022

In 1631, Juan Palacios, provost of the Diocese, reduced the number of brotherhoods that could make their penitential procession in Granada during Holy Week that year from nine to three.

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