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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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Reception of the relics of Saint Torcuato in Guadix (1593)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-11-2020

The relics of San Torcuato, coming from the monastery of San Salvador de Celanova (Orense), arrived at the church of San Lázaro in Guadix (Granada) on February 27, 1593. The …

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Musical activity at the Belalcázar castle (Córdoba)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-11-2020

The&nbsp;post mortem&nbsp;inventory of Francisco de Zúñiga y Guzmán Sotomayor, III Duke of Béjar and IV Count of Belalcázar, carried out in 1544, allows us to know the extraordinary collection of …

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Rehearsal of the minstrel and mystical rapture in San José in Ávila

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
02-11-2020

In the writings and in the biographies of many mystics, phenomena of religious ecstasy caused by the hearing of a song are narrated. These eventes occurred frequently among the Discalced …

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Confraternities at the convent of San Francisco Casa Grande in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-11-2020

From the founding of the convent of San Francisco Casa Grande, in 1507, until its confiscation in the 19th century, eighteen confraternities had their headquarters in this Franciscan monastery in …

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Francisco Guerrero at the court of King Sebastian of Portugal (1566)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-10-2020

In January 1566, Francisco Guerrero traveled to Lisbon to present his Liber primus missarum to King Sebastián of Portugal, to whom he had dedicated this print in the first instance. …

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