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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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Sebastián de Vivanco and the musical libraries

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado, Michael Noone
06-12-2021

On three separate occasions, music books were found to be missing soon after Sebastián de Vivanco left important positions: first when he exchanged the post of chapelmaster at Ávila cathedral …

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Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-12-2021

Luis del Mármol Carvajal, in his Descripción general de África, published in 1573, gives us a precise description of the drums and trumpets in the service of the kings of …

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