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Titlepage. <em>El viaje de Jesusalén</em>. Francisco Guerrero (Sevilla, 1592). [GB-Lbl]
The Seville editions of Francisco Guerrero's El viage de Hierusalem in the 16th century

The biography of the composer Francisco Guerrero and the history of the printed book in …

Nov. 17, 2022
<em>Canticum Beatae Mariae quod magnificat nuncupator</em>. (Lovaina: Pierre Phalèse, 1563) [G 4867]. Francisco Guerrero
Music books in the Salamanca bookshop of Benito Boyer (1565)

In the inventory made in 1565 of the books seized by the Inquisition from the …

Nov. 17, 2022
<em>Villancicos que se cantaron en el convento de carmelitas calzadas de la villa de Valls... a la profesión y velo de sor María Rosa de San José</em> (1709)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Presentación in Valls (1709)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Presentación in …

Nov. 17, 2022
Inventory of instruments and books of Pedro Crespo (1589). AHPV. PN, leg. 576, fol. 1038r.
Inventory of the instruments and books of the ministril Pedro Crespo in Valladolid (1589)

The post mortem inventory carried out on 9 September 1589 of the goods of the …

Nov. 16, 2022

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Inauguration of the bridge of Las Barcas and entrance in Seville of Abū Ḥafṣ (1171)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-04-2018

Since the end of the 12th century, the bridge of the Barcas over the Guadalquivir River was one of the iconic elements of the city, as well as essential in …

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Private lessons of guitar and other stringed and keyboards instruments in Granada (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-04-2018

A news published in the Gazeta del gobierno de Granada on April 20, 1810 allows us to approach the private teaching of stringed and keyboard instruments in a particular historical …

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A harpshichord for the Capilla Real in Granada (1802)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-04-2018

The process of acquiring a harpsichord for the Royal Chapel of Granada in 1802 reveals that the great sacred institutions of the city and a good number of convents already …

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Organ of the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-04-2018

Description of the organ of the convent of San Bernardo (Cistercians) in Granada paid for by its abbess, Sor Josefa María de la Asunción Damas, and built by the organ …

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