In the archive of the Zamora cathedral, two accounting notes and four inventories with references …
A privilege granted by King Alfonso X to the University of Clerics of Cordoba allows …
On 8 September 1582, María de Prado, in her will, established a clause in which …
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Library of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau.
The inauguration of a newly-erected reredos to welcome the image of Our Lady of Soterraña was the reason for a variety of celebrations that involved the musical chapel of Ávila …
On the suppression of the order, the libraries of the Jesuit colleges in Ávila and Arévalo passed to the bishopric of Ávila. A previously unstudied inventory lists all of the …
The performances of the autos sacramentales are one of the hallmarks of the Corpus Christi festivity in the Modern Age. This article, the 1,000th of the Historical Soundscapes platform, gives …
On 2 April 1556, Fray Pedro Fernández de la Torre, bishop-elect of the diocese of Río de la Plata, arrived in the city of Asunción to take possession of his …
Pedro de Mendoza's expedition that left Seville in 1535 to conquer the territory of the Río de la Plata included a good number of instrumentalists who were present at the …
In 1786, Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón, Archbishop of Toledo, visited the stronghold of Oran, which belonged to his archdiocese. During his ten-day stay in the city, Lorenzana visited …
In the musical chapels of Granada, the tenor register is divided into three sub-registers, from low to high: tenor bajete, tenor de cuerda and tenor barítono. The adjective "barítono" is …
In 1584, the bishop of the diocese, Martinho de Ulhoa, a Cistercian abbot, arrived in São Tomé. Fray Diego del Santísimo Sacramento, a Discalced Carmelite, provides us with a description …
In 1677, shortly after the transfer of Panama City to its new settlement, five black minstrel slaves between the ages of sixteen and twenty-two were sent from Seville to serve …
Read articleThe documentation from the Catastro de Ensenada provides us with information on the number of luthiers active in Granada at the time of its drafting, 1752. The guild had a …