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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
<em>Salve regina</em>. Francisco Guerrero. E-Bim 1, fol. 35v
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the convent of Santa Isabel la Real in Toledo

Bernadette Nelson's study of a booklet of polyphony in the Biblioteca de la Institución Milá …

April 21, 2022
<em>Salve regina</em>. Francisco Guerrero. E-Bim 1, fol. 35v
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Library of the Institución Milá y Fontanals

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Library of the Institución Milá y Fontanals.

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The first reference to the organ in the convent of la Concepción (1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The admission of an organist to the Convent of La Concepción in 1620 provides us with the first record of the existence of an organ in this Franciscan monastery in …

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Singing of endechas at the convent of the Angel Custodio (1665)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

Fray Tomás Montalvo, biographer of Beatriz María de Jesús, abbess of the convent of the Ángel Custodio in Granada, gives us news of her fondness for music and of the …

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