Last June 28 opened at the National Palace of Ajuda in Lisbon the exhibition Na Rota das Catedrais: Construções [d]e Identidades (On the Route of the Cathedrals: Constructions of/and Identity), which includes a large number of art works from all the Portuguese cathedrals (there are virtual tours of these templesRead more
This is a small video that, in a very clear and resumed way, shows how music books were printed in the sixteenth century and afterwards. It features the process using movable pieces of type, very similar to that of traditional printing of the time.Read more
Last June 2017 I participated in the Elvas International Conferences held in the Portuguese city near the Spanish border (old post about this city HERE). As a border city in medieval times, Elvas was in the frontier between Christians and Muslims. The 2017 theme for the conferences was the 750Read more
This is the edition number 14 of the “Polyphonia” series, featuring Portuguese sacred vocal polyphony from the 16th and 17th centuries, edited by MPMP – Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa. This number is the fifth number devoted to the music of Estêvão Lopes Morago (c.1575-c.1630), composer of Spanish birth whoRead more