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<em>Higueruela battle</em> (detail). Orazio Cambiaso (1587-1589)
Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Luis del Mármol Carvajal, in his Descripción general de África, published in 1573, gives us …

Dec. 5, 2021
Our Lady of the Solitude
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza.

Dec. 3, 2021
The main chaple. Cathedral of Granada. Francisco de Heylan
Uproar at the celebration of mass and imprisonment of the minstrels and organist of Granada Cathedral (1595)

The trial brought by the court of the Inquisition of Granada against some members of …

Dec. 1, 2021
Door of the comedy corral of the Hospital de la Magdalena in Ávila (picture by A. de Vicente)
Comedies whit music in the <em>Corral de Comedias</em> in Ávila (1754)

Every year, during the months of June and July, a series of festivals took place …

Nov. 19, 2021

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The first referencies to the organ in the convent of Santa Clara in Sevilla (1483)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-12-2019

In 1483, Juana Sánchez, the daughter of García Ferrández, a sea-captain, established a pious endowment for which the Holy Trinity and the Visitation of Santa Isabel feast were to be …

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Purchase of a harpsichord for the cathedral of Almeria (1768)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-12-2019

In December 1767, the chapel master of the cathedral of Almeria, Antonio Ladrón de Guevara, writes a memorial to the cabildo of this cathedral exposing the interest of buying a …

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Apprenticeship contract with a luthier in Jaén (1647)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-11-2019

On March 26, 1647, the luthier master Rodrigo Godínez, a neighbor of San Ildefonso, in Jaén, received as apprentice Sebastian, fifteen, son of Alonso de Espino, a neighbor of the …

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