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<em>San Miguel</em>. Torcuato Ruiz del Peral. Chruch of San Miguel (Granada)
Confraternities at the church of San Miguel in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Miguel in Granada.

May 9, 2022
The Gardano music printing firms
Works by Francisco Guerrero printed by the Gardano family in Venice (1570)

Works by Francisco Guerrero printed by the Gardano family in Venice (1570).

April 29, 2022
College of San Buenaventura (coat of arms of fray Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza)
Musical activity of the students of the College of San Buenaventura in Pastrana (Guadalajara)

In 1628, Fray Pedro González de Mendoza, bishop of Sigüenza and fifth son of Ruy …

April 28, 2022
<em>Blind musician<em>. George de La Tour
The indenture of the blind master Martín de Zarajales and his blind pupil Juan de Aldeanueva in Guadalajara (1531)

The blind musician Martín de Zarajales agrees to teach the apprentice Juan de Aldeanueva, also …

April 28, 2022

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Sebastián de Vivanco and the musical libraries

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado, Michael Noone
06-12-2021

On three separate occasions, music books were found to be missing soon after Sebastián de Vivanco left important positions: first when he exchanged the post of chapelmaster at Ávila cathedral …

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Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-12-2021

Luis del Mármol Carvajal, in his Descripción general de África, published in 1573, gives us a precise description of the drums and trumpets in the service of the kings of …

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