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Cathedral of Burgos. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
New letter from Tomás Luis de Victoria and other documents from Burgos Cathedral (1593-1608)

The minutes of the Burgos Cathedral Chapter record seven agreements regarding the acquisition of Victoria's …

Sept. 9, 2025
Jeremiah's Cave
From Jerusalem to Samaria. Tenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

From Jerusalem to Samaria. Tenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Sept. 4, 2025
Puente's gate
Musicians from the royal chapels who travelled to Córdoba during the court's stay in that city (1570)

In 1570, King Philip II spent two months residing in the city of Córdoba. Accompanying …

Sept. 1, 2025
Pietro Paolini, <em>Allegory of the Five Senses</em>, c. 1630 (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum)
Doña Leonor de Guzmán, a “good-natured and young” musician

The 1610 inquisitorial trial against Leonor de Guzmán, a mixed-race musician who had connections with …

Aug. 25, 2025

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New harp for Granada Cathedral (1654)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-04-2019

On 6 November 1653, the Chapter of Granada Cathedral agreed with Clemente Jiménez, a guitar maker from Granada, to build a harp for 350 reales (11,900 maravedís). The instrument was …

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Two Conducts on the Spanish Frontier of Christendom (c. 1270)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-03-2019

The location in the Seville Cathedral archive, in July 2005, of a polyphony fragment from the second half of the 13th century, in which two conductus were copied, allows us …

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New bells for the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada (1763)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-03-2019

As a result of the earthquake of 1755, the building of the collegiate church of El Salvador was badly damaged. In 1762, the chapter commissioned José Corona, a master bell …

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