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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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An unknown edition of the Arte de canto llano by Juan Martínez (1565)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-03-2023

Among the books donated by Plácido Arango in 2019 to the Library of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando is an unknown edition of the Arte de …

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A post-incunabulum processional for the convent of La Madre de Dios in Baena

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-03-2023

Donated by Plácido Arango, the Library of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando holds a copy of Incipit liber processionum secundum ordinem fratrum predicatorum (Seville: Jacobo Cromberger, …

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An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-02-2023

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales confirms that Girolamo Scotto printed his Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus for the first …

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