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The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales …
In the early summer of 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his disciple Francisco Sánchez and …
On 15 February 1612, Francisco del Pozo and Jerónimo de Monardes, brothers of the confraternity …
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada.
In 1585, Pedro de Henao, chief and governor of Ipiales (Colombia), bought a series of ornaments for the church in that city. Among those objects was an organ that was …
The presence of minstrels accompanying the Viaticum on its urban journeys to visit the sick was a common occurrence in 17th and 18th century Seville, as evidenced by the sacramental …
A document issued by the "mayordomazgo" (mayor's office) of the city of Seville, dated 14 April 1385, reveals the name of one of the trumpeters in the service of Pedro …
Read articleA notarial protocol signed on 26 May 1554, gives us an insight into the reception of key instruments from Antwerp in Seville in the mid-16th century.
The particular ceremony of knight-arming in the Order of Santiago was also solemnised musically with the organ and the minstrels, as can be seen in the ceremony celebrated in the …