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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
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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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Annual income of the organist and sacristan of the church of the Encarnación in Alhama (1582)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-02-2023

The annual income of a parish organist came from different sources, some in money and others in kind. It is relatively common for the positions of organist and sacristan to …

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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
29-01-2023

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

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