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Vitigudino (Salamanca)
Folk dances in Vitigudino (1589)

In 1589, the young men of the town of Vitigudino (Salamanca) established a one-year contract …

Oct. 27, 2022
Cantus. <em>Magnificat beatissimae Deiparaeque Virginis Mariae canticum</em>. [B/I 15911]. Ratsschulbibliothek Zwickau, sig. Mus.55.2
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Ratsschulbibliothek in Zwickau

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the&nbsp; Ratsschulbibliothek in Zwickau.

Oct. 14, 2022
Jesús Nazareno (=Jesus de Medinaceli)
Holy Week Processions in Madrid (1804-1816)

A series of documents from the Consejo section of the Archivo Histórico Nacional, corresponding to …

Oct. 11, 2022
Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy (currently)
Confraternities at the church of San Ildefonso in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Ildefonso in Granada.

Oct. 8, 2022

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Street sale of guitars in Alicante (1796)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-09-2020

A document from the municipal archive of Alicante allows us to know the sale of guitars in la plaza de la Fruta at the end of the 18th century.

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Musical instruments of Matía de Guzmán, knight of Ávila (1569)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-09-2020

The civil and domestic musical life in Ávila during the 16th century is very little know. Hence the interest of this inventory from 1569, which includes wind, string and keyboard …

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Flutes and shawms for the Augustinian evangelization in New Spain (1551)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-09-2020

In 1553, the Augustinian friar Juan de San Román brought flutes and shawms to Mexico destined for one of the convents in the province of Santísimo Nombre de Jesús, whose …

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