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Francisco Guerrero in the private collection of music books and pieces of sheet music of Jerónimo de León (1629)

Francisco Guerrero in the private collection of music books and pieces of sheet music of …

June 25, 2022
Expenses of the chamber of Ruy Gómez de Silva y Mendoza, fol. 72r
Musical education and entertainments of Ruy Gómez de Silva y Mendoza, III Duke of Pastrana (1599-1600)

Different Pliegos of the expenses of the chamber of the III Duke, Ruy Gómez de …

June 14, 2022
<em>Liber vesperarum</em>. E-V Impreso 2[2]
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Valladolid cathedral

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Valladolid cathedral.

June 12, 2022
San Marcos bridge
The entry of the knight Suero de Quiñones into León (1434)

After thirty days of the tournament organised by the knight Suero de Quiñones at the …

June 8, 2022

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Luthier’s exam in Granada (1668)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-11-2018

The Archivo Municipal of Granada preserves an extraordinary document that gives us an account of the conflict of interests that must have arisen between the members of the city's luthiers …

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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-11-2018

The Constituciones del Real Colegio de San Bartolomé y Santiago of Granada (1774) set out the bell tolls that regulated collegiate life and the limited use that students could make …

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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-11-2018

In 1502, Francisco de la Torre, singer, chapel master and composer, lived in a house rented by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral. It was a residence of considerable size, with …

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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-10-2018

The space of the Alameda del río Genil, in Granada, was, at least since the 18th century, a recreational space for the citizens, where a second "Casa de las Chirimías" …

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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-10-2018

The&nbsp;Ordenanzas de Sevilla, published in 1527, established that there would be fourteen town criers in the city and precisely regulated the details of the exercise of their profession.

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