Façade of the Cathedral of Canaria. Illustration from the manuscript by José Agustín Álvarez Rixo, entitled Cuadro histórico de estas Islas Canarias (1808-1812). Library of the University of La Laguna. Personal archive of José Agustín Álvarez Rixo.
Las Palmas
The “release” of the clock of the Cathedral of Las Palmas (18th-19th centuries)

Gustavo Alejo Trujillo Yánez

The main and only mission of the clock bell of the Cathedral of Las Palmas was to emit the corresponding …

Sept. 19, 2024

Title page. <em>Orphenica lyra</em>. Miguel de Fuenllana
Kraków
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Sept. 12, 2024

House of Íñigo de la Cruz Manrique de Lara y Ramírez de Arellano, 11th conde de Aguilar de Inestrillas
Manzanares
Theatrical performance sponsored by Íñigo de la Cruz Manrique de Lara, XI Count of Aguilar de Inestrillas, in Manzanares

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

At an indeterminate date, probably between 1712 and 1716, Eugenio Gerardo Lobo, "el capitán coplero", wrote a loa for the …

Sept. 2, 2024

A <em>Nouvelle description de la fameuse ville de Barcelone</em> (detail), Louis Boissevin, 164[5], Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya
Barcelona
Pro pluvia rituals in Barcelona (1687)

Helen Sophia Herbert

Alongside details of the ordinary conventions and ceremonies of the liturgical calendar at Barcelona Cathedral, the Manual del Cabiscol provides …

Sept. 6, 2024

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31-12-2021 The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

30-12-2021 Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

29-12-2021 Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of San Alberto in Calatayud

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

24-12-2021 Ceremonies for the proclamation of King Ferdinand VI in the city of Huesca (1746)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

22-12-2021 Rogation and procession with the Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated for the plague of locusts in 1755

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

20-12-2021 Christmas and Epiphany villancicos in the churches of Ecija (Sevilla) during the 17th century

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

12-12-2021 Musical activity in the convent of La Piedad in Guadalajara

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

08-12-2021 Autos sacramentales on the feast of Corpus Christi in Guadalajara (1586)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

08-12-2021 Lenten Misereres sung in front of the image of the Christ of the Expiration in the church of San Gil

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

06-12-2021 Sebastián de Vivanco and the musical libraries

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado

Michael Noone

06-12-2021 Sebastián de Vivanco and the musical libraries

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado

Michael Noone

05-12-2021 Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Juan Ruiz Jiménez