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Title page. <em>Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus</em> (1558)
An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales …

Feb. 28, 2023
<em>View of the city of Seville</em>. Attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello (16th century)
Seville, starting point of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

In the early summer of 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his disciple Francisco Sánchez and …

Feb. 22, 2023
Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. <em>Vista Arámburu</em> (Cádiz, c. 1675)
A contract of a group of minstrels with the confraternity of Our Lady of Candelaria in Cádiz (1612)

On 15 February 1612, Francisco del Pozo and Jerónimo de Monardes, brothers of the confraternity …

Feb. 20, 2023
Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria. Granada. View taken from above the Generalife. Alfred Guesdon (1855?)
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada.

Feb. 19, 2023

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Sensory, liturgical and musical aspects of the journey of the Hieronymite monk Fray Diego de Ocaña to the Indies (1599–1608): From the Monastery of Guadalupe to Lima (I)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 10, 2026

With this article, we begin our journey through the Americas undertaken by the Hieronymite monk Fray Diego de Ocaña, which I shall divide into several stages, focusing on the sensory, …

journey AAT confraternity of Our Lady of Guadalupe mass AAT salve organ AAT bell AAT vespers feast of the Incarnation (= Annunciation) Introibo in domun tuam adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum et confitevimur nomini tuo, Domine Missus est angelus Gabriel (antiphon) pontifical mass sermon AAT Holy Week AAT feast of the Resurrection (Easter Sunday) artillery salute storm AAT rain thunder feast of the Nativity of Our Lady funeral procession AAT matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass burial of monks feast of Saint Jerome unveiling sacred images incence the pealing of bells feast of the Conception of Mary AAT novena AAT Diego de Ocaña (Hieronymite) Martín de Posadas (Hieronymite) Order of Saint Jerome Francisco Coloma de Saa (Captain-General of the Navy and of the West Indies Fleet) wind players indigenous american wind players Antonio Calderón de León (bishop) Augustin friars Order of Dominicans Antonio de la Calancha (Augustinian) Royal monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (Hieronymites) casa de Contratación (House of Trade) cathedral of San Juan Bautista convent of Santo Tomás de Aquino (Dominicans) Old port of San Juan cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandría Old port of Cartagena de Indias Convent of la Merced (Mercedarians) Port of Portobelo convent of Santo Domingo (Dominicans) convent of San Francisco (Franciscans) Convent of la Merced (Mercedarians) church of the Society of Jesus convent de Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Panamá Viejo Old port of Panamá Port of Paita Convent of la Merced (Mercedarians) Various places Various places convent of San Agustín chuch of San Agustín Various places convento of San Francisco (Franciscans) Cerro or Morro de las Campanas convent of San Francisco (Franciscans) Convent of Santo Domingo (Dominicans) Convent of San Agustín (Augustinians) Convent of la Merced (Mercedarians) Various places Convent of Santo Domingo (Dominicans) convent of San Jerónimo de Buenavista (Jeronimites) gate of la Macarena Muelas dock unknown location Port of Manta convento of San Francisco (Franciscans)
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Books and works by Tomás Luis de Victoria in the inventories of the Toledo cathedral (1580 - ca. 1860)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
June 6, 2026

A compilation of references to manuscript and printed books containing works by Tomás Luis de Victoria in sixteen inventories of the archives of the Toledo Cathedral. In total, nine books …

Documentary by Tomás Luis de Victoria music book inventory Tomás Luis de Victoria. Cantica B. Virginis (1581) [V 1430] Tomás Luis de Victoria. Hymni totius anni (1581) [V 1428] Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missarum libri duo (1583) (V 1431) Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missae quatuor, quinque, sex et octo vocibus. Liber secundus (1592) (V 1434) Tomás Luis de Victoria. Motecta festorum totius anni (1585) [V 1433] Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missae, magnificat, motecta, psalmi et alia (1600) [V 1435] Tomás Luis de Victoria. Officium defunctorum (1605) (V 1436) Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missa quarti toni. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missa Ascendens Christus. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missa Vidi speciosam. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Tantum ergo. Cristóbal de Morales. Lamentaciones. Thomas Crecquillon. Missa Pis me peult venire. Juan Navarro. Laudate Dominum. Ginés de Boluda. Laudate pueri Dominum. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missa Ave maris stella. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Nisi Dominus. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missa Beatae Mariae. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missa Gaudeamus. Tomás Luis de Victoria. Salve Regina. Tomás Luis de Victoria (composer) Cristóbal de Morales (composer, chapel master, singer) Thomas Crecquillon (composer) Ginés de Boluda (composer, chapel master) Juan Navarro (composer) Cándido José Ruano (chapel master) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Francesco Soriano (composer) Carlos Enmanuel duque de Saboya Juan Risco (composer, chapel master) cathedral of Santa María ULAN
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Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Sevilla (1578-1724)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
May 16, 2026

The typology of transcribed documents from the Cathedral of Seville that speak of Tomás Luis de Victoria is very varied: a letter, four council agreements, eight accounting items and eight …

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