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Eucharistic play, sarao and dances for the Corpus Christi festivities in Oropesa (1755)

An attempt to represent an auto sacramental in the Toledo town of Oropesa in 1755, …

Oct. 11, 2021
<em>Historia civitatense</em>, tomo II, fol. 18v
The minstrels book of Juan Esquivel de Barahona (1623)

The minstrels book of Juan Esquivel de Barahona (1623).

Oct. 8, 2021
Constituciones de la capilla de música del Salvador (1723)
Confraternity of musicians of the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada

The association of musicians in the musical chapels of the Hispanic sacred institutions was linked …

Oct. 3, 2021
Chapel of Santa Ana. Almudaina palace
The Almudaina Palace organ (1309-1506)

News about the first organs in the chapel of Santa Ana, located in the centre …

Oct. 3, 2021

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Sale of an organ from the cathedral of Granada to the Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego (1745)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-09-2018

In 1745, the Cathedral sold the Epistle organ, built in 1674 by the Valencian organ builders Miguel and Francisco Llop, to the Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego. …

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Antón López, bell maker in Seville (1408)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-09-2018

The bell maker Antón López, a resident of Seville, combined this profession with that of artilleryman. His activity in the city and towns of the Archdiocese of Seville is documented …

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Profession of musical nuns in the convent of the Vírgines Santa Justa y Rufina in Seville (1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
13-09-2018

The admission to the convent of the Virgins Santa Justa and Rufina of the daughters of Diego López as musical nuns in 1600 allows us to extend the list of …

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Alfonso Domínguez and Bernardo Pérez, bell makers in Seville (1384)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-09-2018

In 1384, Alfonso Domínguez and Bernardo Pérez had their bell-making workshops in the parish of San Vicente in Seville.

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First organ in the church of San Cecilio in Granada (1767-1768)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-09-2018

The first documented organ in the church of San Cecilio in Granada was built in 1768, making it the most recent addition to the city's parishes that we know of. …

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Trumpeter of the archbishop of Seville (1384)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-09-2018

In the Sevillian census of 1384 we can document the earliest record of a trumpet in the service of the archbishop of Seville, in this case Pedro Gómez Barroso, who …

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Organ of the collegiate church of El Sacromonte in Granada (1878-1879)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-09-2018

The last of the organs in the Collegiate Church of Sacromonte was built between 1878 and 1879 by Pedro Roqués and sons, according to the porcelain plaque on the console.

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Fountain of the hospital of Los Venerables Sacerdotes in Seville (1683)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-08-2018

In 1683, a fountain designed by Bernardo Simón de Pineda and carved by the master stonemason Francisco Rodríguez Escalona was placed in the centre of the courtyard of the Hospital …

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