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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.

April 18, 2022

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Purchase of a book of polyphony (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 28, 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
Nov. 25, 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
Nov. 18, 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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