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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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Trumpet and kettledrum players of the town of Medina del Campo (1651)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-03-2022

On 13 February 1651, Francisco de Zamora, blacksmith and trumpet player, resident of Medina del Campo (Valladolid), received four atabales from the alderman and commissioner of the town council. He …

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Gaspar Maldonado, master of minstrels (1530-c.1595)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-02-2022

A document from the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on the teaching work of Gaspar Maldonado, a ministril resident in Madrid.

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