Cartagena Town Hall and Cathedral
Cartagena
Hiring of a group of minstrels in the city of Cartagena (1605)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

In 1605, the City Council of Cartagena (Murcia) hired a group of four minstrels from Caracava for four years, in …

March 6, 2024

Barcelona (detail). Anton van den Wyngaerde (1563)
Barcelona
Ceremony of the transfer of the Viaticum to the Spanish galleys (1614)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Pope Paul V's bull of 10 September 1614 authorised the administration of viaticum to Christians who fell ill in the …

March 1, 2024

Choir of the cathedral of Sevilla
Sevilla
The Missarum liber primus by Arcangelo Crivelli in the music library of Seville Cathedral

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

The inventory of the polyphonic books of Seville Cathedral, which were in the custody of the chapel master Juan Sanz, …

Feb. 26, 2024

Convent of Sancti Spiritus. John Frederick Lewis (1833)
Granada
The most important annual festivities in the Convent of Sancti Spiritus in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

The convent of the Dominican nuns of Sancti Spiritus in Granada celebrated the feasts of Pentecost and Saint Dominic every …

Feb. 19, 2024

Articles by year

03-06-2024 Visit to Jerusalem (4). Third day of the stations' tour (Valley of Josaphat). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

03-06-2024 Visit to Jerusalem (4). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Valley of Josaphat

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

01-06-2024 Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Calahorra cathedral (1572-1592)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

31-05-2024 Foundation of the confraternity of the Christ of the Via Sacra at the church of San Bartolomé in Granada (1682)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

27-05-2024 Second Barcelona edition of El viage de Hierusalem by Francisco Guerrero (1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

26-05-2024 Hiring of a group of minstrels by the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament of the church of Santa Cruz in Madrid (1631)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

24-05-2024 Francisco Guerrero in the treatise Historia y origen de la música y canto llano by Juan Sánchez Vidal (1755)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

22-05-2024 Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Descalzas Reales in Madrid (1708)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

19-05-2024 Contracts of Diego Lopez and Enrique Franco for the tuning and maintenance of the organs in Seville Cathedral (1594)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

19-05-2024 Visit to Jerusalem (3). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Via Dolorosa

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

06-05-2024 Visit to Jerusalem (3). Second day of the stations' tour (Via Dolorosa). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

04-05-2024 Trumpets in the galleys of the fleet of the Kingdom of Granada (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez