In 12 October 2017 I participated in a Symposium that took place at the Convent of Christ, in Tomar, a former Templar house later transferred to the Portuguese Order of Christ, where I presented a paper on 17th-century Franciscan plainchant in …
This text refers to the organ located in the church of Nossa Senhora da Guia, in the Franciscan convent of São Francisco, Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira Island, Azores), nowadays housing the Museum of Angra do Heroísmo.
I have published recently an article (in Portuguese) in the Brazilian journal Museologia & Interdisciplinaridade focusing on the organs of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago.
I will be posting some texts, photos, and videos of organs extant in the Azores archipelago. There are about fifty of these instruments in eight of the nine islands in various states of conservation. A very strong effort was made …