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Guitar of six courses. Juan Antonio de Vargas Guzmán (1773)
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Francisco Guerrero in the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra (1581)

Tess Knighton
April 14, 2020

Recent research in the musical life of the city of Barcelona during the long sixteenth century has uncovered a hitherto unknown reference to the Sevillian cathedral chapelmaster and composer, Francisco …

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"Oh, santísima cruz", a prayer by Juan Berges (fl. 1637-1680)

Luis Antonio González Marín
March 30, 2020

Juan Berges, tenor at Saragossa catedral (La Seo) active between 1637 and 1680, composed expressive music for a prayer to the Holy Cross, which was recorded in a book of …

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