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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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First organs of Mallorca cathedral (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-08-2019

The oldest extant Llibre de Fàbrica of the Cathedral of Mallorca (1327-1345) provides us some information about the musical activity in this institution. In this event, you will find the …

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Italian music for cardinal Portocarrero at the archbishops palace in Toledo

José María Domínguez Rodríguez
29-08-2019

In a letter dated 30 August 1679, the French countess of Aulnoy wrote that cardinal Portocarrero «had brought musicians from Rome whom he paid very well» and described a banquet …

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African drummers in late fifteenth-century Barcelona

Tess Knighton
25-08-2019

Black musicians – including drummers, trumpeters, wind-players&nbsp;and singers – were active throughout Europe during the&nbsp; fifteenth and sixteenth centuries employed at courts and by civic authorities. Some were slaves; others …

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Saturday Mass of Our Lady and salve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
23-08-2019

From the beginning of the 16th century, in the diocese of the Canarias, suffragan of Seville, we find the foundation of two liturgical services that had previously been founded in …

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Mencía de Requesens is welcomed in 1602

Ascensión Mazuela Anguita
22-08-2019

The Palau de la Comtessa (Palace of the Countess) in Barcelona was an important setting for social networking and meetings between members of the nobility, royalty, and government in the …

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