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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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Jesuit singers and black minstrels in the reductions and stays of the province of Paraguay (1628)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-04-2021

Some documents preserved in the Archivo General de Indias allows us to know the purchase of a group of eight black slaves, wind players, posted to the Jesuit reductions of …

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Jesuit singers and black wind players in the reductions at the Paraguay's Province (1628)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-04-2021

Some documents preserved in the Archivo General de Indias allows us to know the purchase of a group of eight black slaves, wind players, posted to the Jesuit reductions of …

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Jesuit singers and black wind players in the reductions at the Paraguay's Province (1628)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-04-2021

Some documents preserved in the Archivo General de Indias allows us to know the purchase of a group of eight black slaves, wind players, posted to the Jesuit reductions of …

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Manuela Escamilla's stay in Granada (1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-04-2021

Two notarial protocols document the presence of the company director Manuela Escamilla (Vázquez) in Granada between the end of January and the end of August 1687, probably to perform in …

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