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Town hall of huesca
Ceremonies for the proclamation of King Ferdinand VI in the city of Huesca (1746)

Ceremonies for the proclamation of King Ferdinand VI in the city of Huesca (1746).

Dec. 24, 2021
Royal monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
Rogation and procession with the Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated for the plague of locusts in 1755

Rogation and procession with the Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated for the plague of locusts in …

Dec. 22, 2021
<em>Divinos elogios, alegres villancicos...</em>. Écija: Juan Malpartida de las Alas, 1640
Christmas and Epiphany villancicos in the churches of Ecija (Sevilla) during the 17th century

Christmas and Epiphany villancicos in the churches of Ecija (Sevilla) during the 17th century.

Dec. 20, 2021
Convent of La Piedad in Guadalajara. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Musical activity in the convent of La Piedad in Guadalajara

Various chronicles and studies allow us to reconstruct the foundation and endowment of the Franciscan …

Dec. 12, 2021

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Serenades under the windows of the Concepción Jerónima convent in Madrid (1589)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-10-2020

A circumstantial news brings us closer to the serenades that were given under the windows of female convents in which characters of a certain lineage were temporarily housed. In this …

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Teaching of music in the Franciscan school of San Juan Evangelista y San Andrés (c. 1551-1581)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-10-2020

Between c. 1551 and 1581, the Franciscans ran the San Andrés school, in which an outstanding teaching activity was developed that gave special importance to the teaching of plain chant, …

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