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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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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2022

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small organs (realejos), which must have been destined for the Dominican convents founded in the province …

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Cathedral minstrels in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo (1578)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-02-2022

A document in the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on two of the minstrels of the cathedral who lived in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo, Juan …

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Processions at Holy Week in Granada (1631)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-01-2022

In 1631, Juan Palacios, provost of the Diocese, reduced the number of brotherhoods that could make their penitential procession in Granada during Holy Week that year from nine to three.

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