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<em>Sacras cantadas... Ignacia Andreu</em> (1724)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Santa Clara in Tarragona (1724-1743)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Santa Clara in …

Nov. 6, 2022
Dead Christ of the Holy Coffin
Confraternities at the church of Santiago in Granada

Confraternities at the church of Santiago in Granada.

Nov. 5, 2022
<em>Manuale chori</em>. Salamanca: Juan de Cánova, 1564
Theoretical and practical works of music in the bookshop of Alejandro and Juan de Cánova in Salamanca (1569)

The inventory presented on 3 September 1569 reveals the impressive stock of books that the …

Nov. 4, 2022
Organ tribune in the chapel of San Jerónimo
Company of organ builders in Salamanca (1591)

In 1591, Juan de Valencia and Roque de Peñalosa formalised the life-long formation of a …

Oct. 27, 2022

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New harp for Granada Cathedral (1654)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-04-2019

On 6 November 1653, the Chapter of Granada Cathedral agreed with Clemente Jiménez, a guitar maker from Granada, to build a harp for 350 reales (11,900 maravedís). The instrument was …

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Two Conducts on the Spanish Frontier of Christendom (c. 1270)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-03-2019

The location in the Seville Cathedral archive, in July 2005, of a polyphony fragment from the second half of the 13th century, in which two conductus were copied, allows us …

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New bells for the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada (1763)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-03-2019

As a result of the earthquake of 1755, the building of the collegiate church of El Salvador was badly damaged. In 1762, the chapter commissioned José Corona, a master bell …

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