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El Orfeo Andaluz


"In the same year as La Iberia, the Orfeo Andaluz began circulation in Seville beginning on September 6. Initially a biweekly, it reappeared in 1847 on a weekly basis. Distinguished by an editorial independence of thought, the most significant aspect of this publication is that it was the first published in a city other than Madrid, preceding El Filarmónico, which appeared in Barcelona on September 20, 1845 by three years."

Jacinto Torres Mulas, "Music Periodicals in Spain: Beginnings and Historical Development." Fontes Artis Musicae,  44, no. 4 (October-December 1997): 339.