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Guitarra (1). Agustín Caro (1824). Private collection of Aarón García Ruiz. Picture by Aarón García Ruiz
Guild of luthiers or guitar makers in Granada (1815)

A document recording the contribution made to the state for the maintenance of the armies …

Jan. 27, 2023
<em>Santa Clara y San Luis, obispo de Tolosa</em>. Alonso Cano (1653-1657)
Confraternities at the convent of San Antonio de Padua y San Diego in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of San Antonio de Padua y San Diego in Granada.

Jan. 20, 2023
Dulcian player. Church of Santiago. Nurio (Michoacan)
Music lessons to Ana Martínez de Labandera in Valladolid (1642)

The contract drawn up on 11 September 1642 between Roque Pérez de Lara, a resident …

Jan. 15, 2023
<em>Cantica Beata Mariae Virginis</em>. Duarte Lobo (1605)
The polyphonic music library of the cathedral of Granada in 1667

The "Memoria de los libros de canto de órgano que hay en esta santa iglesia …

Jan. 12, 2023

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Performance of La puerta Macarena by Juan Pérez de Montalbán

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

In 1677, Félix Pascual's company performed Juan Pérez de Montalbán's&nbsp;La puerta Macarena&nbsp;at the&nbsp;corral de comedias&nbsp;de la Montería.

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Building of a play house (1625)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The corral de comedias&nbsp;of La Montería in Seville was open from its inauguration on 25 May 1625 until its destruction in the fire of 3 May 1691.

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Musical and teaching activities in the residences of composer Pedro de Escobar in Seville (1507–1514)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

During the years that composer Pedro de Escobar served as chapel master at Seville Cathedral, he resided, in the company of the seises of that institution, in two different dwellings …

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