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Lawsuit of the shawn player Lope del Castillo against Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda, 2nd Count of Mélito (1544-1546)

A lawsuit brought by the minstrel Lope del Castillo against his former patron, Diego Hurtado …

Sept. 22, 2022
Guitar of six courses. Juan Antonio de Vargas Guzmán (1773)
Domestic musical education in Valencia in 1790

A collection of news extracted from the Diario de Valencia related to the publicity of …

Sept. 16, 2022
Buchgasse. Map by Matthäus Merian the Elder (1628)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Frankfurt Fair

The catalogues of the Frankfurt fair published in the 16th century have enabled me to …

Sept. 16, 2022
Façade of the Infantado Palace
Minstrels in the service of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Count of Mélito (1542)

A lawsuit brought by the minstrel Lope del Castillo against his former patron, Diego Hurtado …

Sept. 13, 2022

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The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-12-2021

A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and danced in the cities and towns of the Hispanic crowns during the Modern Age.

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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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