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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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Musical activity in the convent of San Juan de la Penitencia in Cazorla (Jaén) c. 1600

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-09-2020

The short biography of Sister Micaela de Jesús y Jorquera written by Alonso de Torres, chronicler of the Franciscan order, allows us to know the presence of the organ in …

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Aerophone and membranophone instruments in the Castilian galleys (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-09-2020

The Partidas of Alfonso X the Wise provide us with the earliest news of aerophone instruments in the galleys of the Castilian navy. The naumaquia held on the Guadalquivir River, …

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