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Church of San Felipe
The independent musical chapel of Jerónimo de Muniesa in Zaragoza (1575-1595)

The music chapel led by the singing master Jerónimo Muniesa in Saragossa was active from …

Aug. 28, 2022
<em>El Maestro</em>. Luis de Milán
Music in the house of Pedro de Zúñiga y Sotomayor (1570)

The inventory of the goods of Pedro de Zúñiga y Sotomayor (1570) allows us to …

Aug. 26, 2022
Church of San Gregorio Magno
Confraternities at the church of San Gregorio Magno in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Gregorio Magno in Granada.

Aug. 24, 2022
Church of Santiago (Valladolid). Ventura Pérez
Testament and inventory of the estate of the trumpet player Antonio Méndez (1618)

The file containing the will and inventory of assets of the trumpet player Antonio Méndez, …

Aug. 18, 2022

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Singing of endechas at the convent of the Angel Custodio (1665)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Fray Tomás Montalvo, biographer of Beatriz María de Jesús, abbess of the convent of the Ángel Custodio in Granada, gives us news of her fondness for music and of the …

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Christmas and Corpus Christi chanzonetas (secular songs) at the convent of La Piedad

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

A payment made in February 1644 shows the performance of chanzonetas (secular songs) in the convent of La Piedad during the festivities of Christmas and Corpus Christi.

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First references to the organ in the convent of La Piedad (1648)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The news of the repair of an organ in the convent of La Piedad indirectly documents the existence of nuns who played the organ in the convent from the first …

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New organ (1748)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

A payment made in November 1748 tells us that the Dominican community of the convent of La Piedad renovated the organ in their church on that date.

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