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Musicians from the royal chapels who travelled to Córdoba during the court's stay in that city (1570)

In 1570, King Philip II spent two months residing in the city of Córdoba. Accompanying …

Sept. 1, 2025
Pietro Paolini, <em>Allegory of the Five Senses</em>, c. 1630 (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum)
Doña Leonor de Guzmán, a “good-natured and young” musician

The 1610 inquisitorial trial against Leonor de Guzmán, a mixed-race musician who had connections with …

Aug. 25, 2025
<em>San Miguel</em>. Torcuato Ruiz del Peral. Chruch of San Miguel (Granada)
Quintillas to sing in the church of San Miguel in Granada during the novena of its titular saint.

A loose leaflet, without imprint, preserved in the Library of the Royal Hospital of Granada, …

Aug. 21, 2025

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Traditional music of the black ethnic community from Lima (1563)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-02-2020

In 1563, due to the complaints of the residents of Lima, the city council decided that black people could not do their dances with drums anywhere in the city, limiting …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Capuchinas in Zaragoza (1698)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
25-01-2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession nuns in the convent of Capuchinas in Zaragoza …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Santa Inés in Zaragoza (1698-1718)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-01-2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession of Dominicans nuns in the convent of Santa …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Jerusalén in Zaragoza (1683-1714)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-01-2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the profession of Franciscans nuns in the convent of Jerusalén in Zaragoza …

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