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Blessing and transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to the church of the Society of Jesus in Cordoba (1556)

On 28 June 1556, Leopoldo de Austria, Bishop of Cordoba, blessed the new church of …

Jan. 2, 2022
Toledo gate
The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and …

Dec. 31, 2021
Main chapel of the church of San Juan de los Reyes
Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes

Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes.

Dec. 30, 2021
<em>Triunfante resurrección de un alma...</em>. Huesca: Ventura de Larumbe, 1721
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of San Alberto in Calatayud

In 1721, three villancicos were sung in the Carmelite convent of St. Albert, in Calatayud …

Dec. 29, 2021

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"Oh, santísima cruz", a prayer by Juan Berges (fl. 1637-1680)

Luis Antonio González Marín
30-03-2020

Juan Berges, tenor at Saragossa catedral (La Seo) active between 1637 and 1680, composed expressive music for a prayer to the Holy Cross, which was recorded in a book of …

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Stella cæli extirpavit una antífona contra la peste

Juan Ruiz Jiménez, Juan Carlos Asensio Palacios
23-03-2020

Tradition dates back to 1317 the miraculous handing over of Saint Bartholomew to the nuns of the convent of Santa Clara of the antiphon Stella cæli extirpavit to protect them …

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Stella cæli extirpavit an antiphon against the plague

Juan Ruiz Jiménez, Juan Carlos Asensio Palacios
23-03-2020

Tradition dates back to 1317 the miraculous handing over of Saint Bartholomew to the nuns of the convent of Santa Clara of the antiphon Stella cæli extirpavit to protect them …

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