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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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Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 5, 2021

Luis del Mármol Carvajal, in his Descripción general de África, published in 1573, gives us a precise description of the drums and trumpets in the service of the kings of …

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Uproar at the celebration of mass and imprisonment of the minstrels and organist of Granada Cathedral (1595)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 1, 2021

The trial brought by the court of the Inquisition of Granada against some members of the cathedral community, including the minstrels and the organist, for the scandal caused during the …

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Sacred songs for the profession of a monk in the convent of Santa Eulalia de Sarriá (1689)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 1, 2021

On 18 August 1689, the music chapel of Barcelona Cathedral performed four villancicos, probably composed by Juan Barter, its chapel master, at the profession ceremony of Benito Gregorio Castellet in …

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