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Church of San Salvador. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Burial of the minstrel Pedro Crespo in Valladolid (1589)

The minstrel Pedro Crespo died in Valladolid in September 1589. His testamentary orders allow us …

Nov. 14, 2022
Jesus of Patience (= of Meditation)
Confraternities at the church of San Justo y Pastor in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Justo y Pastor in Granada.

Nov. 13, 2022
Apse and arch of Santiago church. Sandalio de Sancha (1841)
Dances in the Corpus Christi procession in Guadalajara (1612)

On 8 June 1612, Juan Navarro, "dance teacher", a resident of Guadalajara, registered a letter …

Nov. 11, 2022
Dedication. <em>Mottecta</em>. Francisco Guerrero
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the cathedral of Guadix

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the cathedral of Guadix

Nov. 9, 2022

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First organs of Mallorca cathedral (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-08-2019

The oldest extant Llibre de Fàbrica of the Cathedral of Mallorca (1327-1345) provides us some information about the musical activity in this institution. In this event, you will find the …

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Italian music for cardinal Portocarrero at the archbishops palace in Toledo

José María Domínguez Rodríguez
29-08-2019

In a letter dated 30 August 1679, the French countess of Aulnoy wrote that cardinal Portocarrero «had brought musicians from Rome whom he paid very well» and described a banquet …

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African drummers in late fifteenth-century Barcelona

Tess Knighton
25-08-2019

Black musicians – including drummers, trumpeters, wind-players&nbsp;and singers – were active throughout Europe during the&nbsp; fifteenth and sixteenth centuries employed at courts and by civic authorities. Some were slaves; others …

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Saturday Mass of Our Lady and salve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-08-2019

From the beginning of the 16th century, in the diocese of the Canarias, suffragan of Seville, we find the foundation of two liturgical services that had previously been founded in …

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Mencía de Requesens is welcomed in 1602

Ascensión Mazuela Anguita
22-08-2019

The Palau de la Comtessa (Palace of the Countess) in Barcelona was an important setting for social networking and meetings between members of the nobility, royalty, and government in the …

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