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convent de Santa María del Corpus Christi, vulgo "de Afuera"
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convents of Discalced Carmelites in Alcalá de Henares

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convents of Discalced Carmelites in …

Feb. 16, 2022
Consort of wind players. Open chapel of San Esteban Tizatlan. Tlaxcala  (México)
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Mexico cathedral (1537-1590)

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Mexico cathedral (1537).

Feb. 16, 2022
<em>Procession of flagellants</em>. Francisco de Goya (between 1812-1819)
Procession of the Vera Cruz confraternity in Granada

Penitential Station of the Vera Cruz confraternity in Granada.

Feb. 14, 2022
Title page. <em>Missarum liber secundus</em> (Roma 1582). Francisco Guerrero
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of El Salvador in Sevilla

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of El Salvador in Sevilla.

Feb. 13, 2022

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Domestic music at the house of Hernando Colón

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Hernando Colón (1488-1539), second son of the discoverer Cristóbal Colón, was able to begin his musical instruction during the years in which he served as page for Prince Juan. The …

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Mock tournaments fought with bulrushes (juegos de cañas) at the Lobos' square

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In the expansion area of the Christian city, in the 16th century, the Plaza de los Lobos was laid out. Square in shape, it was the site of sporadic juegos …

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Public festivals at the Campo del Príncipe

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In 1513, the city council prepared the space known today as Campo del Príncipe to form a recreational square in which jousting, tournaments, tournaments rings, etc., events in which trumpets, …

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