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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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Trumpet and kettledrum players of the town of Medina del Campo (1651)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-03-2022

On 13 February 1651, Francisco de Zamora, blacksmith and trumpet player, resident of Medina del Campo (Valladolid), received four atabales from the alderman and commissioner of the town council. He …

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Gaspar Maldonado, master of minstrels (1530-c.1595)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-02-2022

A document from the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on the teaching work of Gaspar Maldonado, a ministril resident in Madrid.

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