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Signatures of Diego Sánchez, Pedro Sánchez and Juan Calvo
Examination of Tomasa de Quintano in Gregorian chant, polyphony and organ (1620)

At the request of the monastery of San Salvador el Real del Moral (Palencia) and …

April 24, 2022
<em>Arrival of the Southern Barbarians (Nanban-jin) Screen</em>. Kano school (c. 1600)
Celebration of the beatification of Ignatius of Loyola in Nagasaki (1611)

Ignatius of Loyola was beatified by Paul V on 27 July 1609. The celebration of …

April 24, 2022
Choir of he church of Santiago
Examination of Tomasa de Quintano in Gregorian chant, polyphony and organ (1620)

At the request of the monastery of San Salvador el Real del Moral (Palencia) and …

April 24, 2022
<em>Livre des statuts et coutumes de la ville d’Agen</em> (13th century), fol. 15r.
Public trumpeters in the town of Agen (13th century)

The Livre des statuts et coutumes de la ville d'Agen (13th century) provides us with …

April 23, 2022

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Musicians in El Greco's house

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
28-12-2020

According to a reference by Jusepe Martínez, the painter El Greco hired musicians to enjoy himself while he ate, an indication of the luxurious life he led. There have been …

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Organs of the college of San Jerónimo in Ávila (1623 and 1687)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
24-12-2020

The Order of San Jerónimo made its last male foundation in Ávila in 1606. The community settled permanently in the church of San Jerónimo in 1616. In 1623 it contracted …

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Lauderos street

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-12-2020

The Lauderos street was part of the urban fabric of the city of Toledo. Its name was derived from the luthiers who had their shops open on that street and …

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Organs at Alcalá de Henares (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-12-2020

When the French troops were expelled after the War of Independence, the religious community of the San Felipe Neri oratory claimed what had been their headquarters and the movable property …

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Instruments and working tools from the workshop of the luthier José Sánchez de Nieva (1747)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2020

The list of assets contributed by the luthier José Sánchez de Nieva as a dowry to his second marriage, in 1747, allows us to know the appraisal of an extensive …

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