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Town hall of Medina del Campo (Valladolid)
Trumpet and kettledrum players of the town of Medina del Campo (1651)

On 13 February 1651, Francisco de Zamora, blacksmith and trumpet player, resident of Medina del …

March 7, 2022
Our Lady of the Solitude
Procession of the confraternity of Our Lady of Solitude and the Burial of Christ

Procession of the confraternity of Our Lady of Solitude and the Burial of Christ.

Feb. 26, 2022
Shawms (16th century). Salamanca Cathedral
Gaspar Maldonado, master of minstrels (1530-c.1595)

A document from the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on the …

Feb. 20, 2022
Title page. <em>El Parnaso</em>. Esteban Daza. Valladolid, 1576
Works by Francisco Guerrero in El Parnaso by Esteban Daza (1576)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in El Parnaso&nbsp;by Esteban Daza (1576).

Feb. 16, 2022

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Purchase of a book of polyphony (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-11-2016

In 1529, the chapter of the cathedral of Granada bought a copy of the&nbsp;Liber quindecim missarum electarum electarum quae per excellentissimos musicos compositae&nbsp;(Rome: Andrea Antico, 1516) for its music chapel.

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Granada luthiers guild (1702)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
25-11-2016

A document in the Archivo Histórico Provincial of Granada, which gives an account of a military parade carried out in 1702, at the beginning of the War of the Spanish …

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Entrance of Muhámmad V into Granada (1362)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-11-2016

On April 16, 1362, after having defeated "al Bermejo" (Muhammad VI), Muhammad V, Sultan of Granada, entered Granada through the Elvira Gate, preceded by a large group of Moorish trumpets …

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