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La Huerta de Recoletos (dukes of Medina del Rioseco)
Sainete performed at the wedding of Gaspar de Haro Guzmán, Marquis of Carpio, and Teresa Enríquez de Cabrera (1671)

On 11 June 1671, Gaspar de Haro Guzmán, 7th Marquis of Carpio and Eliche, and …

Feb. 13, 2022
Realejo (17th.). Museo de Instrumentos de Barcelona
Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small …

Feb. 7, 2022
<em>Carta geográphica...</em>. Juan Ramón (1683)
Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small …

Feb. 7, 2022
Main altar. Collegiate church of El Salvador
Endowments of funeral services for the archbishops of Seville in the collegiate church of El Salvador

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, three archbishops of Seville who died and were buried …

Feb. 4, 2022

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Luthier’s exam in Granada (1668)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-11-2018

The Archivo Municipal of Granada preserves an extraordinary document that gives us an account of the conflict of interests that must have arisen between the members of the city's luthiers …

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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-11-2018

The Constituciones del Real Colegio de San Bartolomé y Santiago of Granada (1774) set out the bell tolls that regulated collegiate life and the limited use that students could make …

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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-11-2018

In 1502, Francisco de la Torre, singer, chapel master and composer, lived in a house rented by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral. It was a residence of considerable size, with …

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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-10-2018

The space of the Alameda del río Genil, in Granada, was, at least since the 18th century, a recreational space for the citizens, where a second "Casa de las Chirimías" …

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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-10-2018

The&nbsp;Ordenanzas de Sevilla, published in 1527, established that there would be fourteen town criers in the city and precisely regulated the details of the exercise of their profession.

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