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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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Theatrical performances and polyphony in the convent of La Encarnación in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 7, 2018

An ecclesiastical visit to the convent of La Encarnación in Granada in the 17th century reveals the practice of polyphony and theatrical performances inside this Franciscan monastery.

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Festivities and salves on the altar of the Virgin of Good Success in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 5, 2018

In 1624, a group of neighbours of the Collegiate Church of El Salvador in Seville paid for the construction of a new outdoor chapel to house the image of the …

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Baptism of Salvador Pabón y Valdés in the church of San Justo y Pastor in Granada (1737)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 4, 2018

On 11th August 1737, Salvador Pabón y Valdés was baptised in the church of San Justo y Pastor. He was the most prominent member of a dynasty of organ builders …

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Organs built in Seville by Enrique Franco for private individuals (1597)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 1, 2018

In 1597, the Flemish organ builder Enrique Franco, a neighbour of the parish of Santa María, "in the studio of San Miguel", agreed with Luis García Bonilla to build an …

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Domestic music at the house of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 25, 2018

The portrait and biographical profile that the painter Francisco Pacheco makes of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa allows us to get closer to the possible domestic musical environment of his residence …

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