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Convent of Santa Ana y San José
Villancicos for the profession of Mariana Téllez Girón Gómez de Sandoval in the convent of Santa Ana y San José in Madrid.

Villancicos for the profession of Mariana Téllez Girón Gómez de Sandoval, daughter of the Dukes …

March 14, 2022
Church of  Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (Granada)
Organ of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (c. 1751)

The organ of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (Granada) …

March 13, 2022
Inventory of Alonso Calvo's Assets (1561)
Inventory of instruments and music books of Alonso Calvo (1561)

Inventory of instruments and music books of Alonso Calvo (1561).

March 12, 2022
Choir of Toledo cathedral
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Toledo cathedral (1531-1540)

On 28 July 1531, Toledo became the third Hispanic cathedral to hire a stable group …

March 10, 2022

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The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-12-2021

A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and danced in the cities and towns of the Hispanic crowns during the Modern Age.

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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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