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Christ of the Expiration. Attributed to Diego de Aranda (16th century). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Confraternities at the church of San Gil in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Gil in Granada

Aug. 3, 2022
Chapel of the Asunción de Nuestra Señora
The training of Indian singers and minstrels in the Franciscan convents of Nueva España (1569)

The report of the Franciscan Province of the Santo Evangelio drawn up in 1569 and …

July 31, 2022
<em>Orphenica lyra</em>. Miguel de Fuenllana [E-Mba PA-2]
Works by Francisco Guerrero in Orphenica lyra by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Orphenica lyra by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554).

July 29, 2022
Our Lady of Succour (detail)
Confraternities at the church of Santa Escolástica in Granada

Confraternities at the church of Santa Escolástica in Granada.

July 26, 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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