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Biblioteca de Cataluña. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Biblioteca de Cataluña

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Biblioteca de Cataluña.

Oct. 30, 2021
Alcázar of Toledo (1). Louis Meunier (between 1665 and 1668)
Performances by the Toledo Cathedral Music Chapel in the Alcázar (1677-1679)

During the stay in Toledo of the Queen Mother Mariana of Austria (1677-1679), the Toledo …

Oct. 21, 2021
Chapel of San Ildefonso. Capilla Real
Confraternity of musicians of the Capilla Real in Granada

The music chapel of the Royal Chapel of Granada set up the brotherhood of the …

Oct. 20, 2021
Palace of Las Cigüeñas
A claviorgan in the Palacio de las Cigueñas (1546)

A contract published by Pilar Barrios Manzano, in 1980, allows us to learn about the …

Oct. 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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