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Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)
Copenhaguen
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)

The Royal Danish Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek), founded by King Frederick III in 1648 and …

Sept. 24, 2025
Cathedral of Calahorra. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
Calahorra
Inventory of musical instruments from the Calahorra Cathedral (1631-1645)

There is a wealth of information about the musical instruments found in Calahorra Cathedral. A …

Sept. 19, 2025
Chapel of San Esteban and San Bartolomé (1)
Cordova (SP)
Foundation of the chapel of Omnium Sanctorum / San Esteban / San Bartolomé in the Cathedral of Cordova (1271)

We analyze the probable sequence of dedications of the chapel in Córdoba Cathedral currently known …

Sept. 15, 2025
Portrait of a young woman (probably María Fernanda Fitz-James-Stuart y Stolberg-Gedern). Mariano Salvador Maella
Madrid
A fortepiano by Francisco Fernández for the palace of the Dukes of Híjar in Madrid (c. 1807)

Lawsuit filed in Madrid by Agustín de Silva Fernández de Híjar, 10th Duke of Hijar, …

Sept. 11, 2025

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Sounds of the little fountain of Agreda

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
sound of the water water little fountain of Agreda
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New organ (1744-1746)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
organ AAT Felipe de los Tueros (archbishop) cathedral chapter Leonardo Fernández Dávila (organ builder) Pedro Liborna Echevarría (organ builder) Sebastián García Murugarren (organ builder) Matías Barragán (organist) Miguel Martínez Rabasa y Ballester (organist) Juan Guitarte (organist, harpist) Gregorio Portero (composer, chapel master) José de Bada (architect) organ builder AAT cathedral of Granada. Epistle organ loft cathedral of La Encarnación
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Hiring of a music chapel (1636)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
Saturday Mass of Our Lady feast of the Ascension of Our Lord feast of the Nativity of Our Lord AAT feast of the Descend of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost)) AAT feast of the Resurrection (Easter Sunday) Benito de Zamora (sacristan) Esteban Fernández (chapel master) Nicolas Felices (singer) Juan Merino Roldán (singer) Juan Jerónimo (singer) Manuel Pérez (tenor) Alberto de León (sackbut and alto shawm) Sebastián de Torres (dulcian player) Melchor Dardo (instrumentalist, sackbut player) Jerónimo Pascual (cornetto and soprano shawm player) music chapel wind players church of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias
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Transfer of the organ of Sebastián Pabón y Valdés (1770-1771)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

Transfer of the organ of Sebastián Pabón y Valdés (1770-1771).

organ AAT organ repair to tune the organ Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) organ builder AAT collegiate church of San Salvador chapter collegiate church of San Salvador collegiate church of San Salvador (second location in the church of San Pablo)
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New organ (1763-1764)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
organ AAT Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) Pedro del Sacramento (organ builder, friar) Bartolomé de Federico (organ builder) organ builder AAT Fernando Vidal Polaino (organist, organ builder, prebendary) collegiate church of San Salvador collegiate church of San Salvador (second location in the church of San Pablo)
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Restoration of the organ of Salvador Pabón y Valdés (2007)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
organ repair Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) Federico Acitores Cabezudo (organ builder) organ builder AAT collegiate church of San Salvador collegiate church of San Salvador (second location in the church of San Pablo)
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Restoration of the organ (1993)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
organ repair Ramón Pérez Molina (organ builder) Francisco Alonso Suárez (organ builder) organ builder AAT convent of Nuestra Señora del Destierro or the San Basilio (Basilian monks)
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Organist (1714-1726)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
entrance examination mass AAT vespers Juan Moreno Cortés y Salcedo (organist, friar) organist AAT convent of Nuestra Señora del Destierro or the San Basilio (Basilian monks)
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Appointment of a governor of a Moorish ensemble (1530)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

In 1530, a group of eleven zambreros served in Granada in processions such as that of the Bull of Crusade in other "fiestas e alegrías e zambras" that took place …

zambra (Moorish dance) alegrías (games and festivities) procession AAT Yahya ben Brahim al-Fishtali=Fernando Morales (governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses) Sebastián de Palacios (governor of a Moorish ensemble) zambrero (Moorish jongler) Alonso El Gafiqui (Moorish musician) Juan Alhal (Moorish musician) Francisco El Beznari (Moorish musician) Cristóbal El Beznari (Moorish musician) Fernando El Haçoni (Moorish musician) Andrés Algoden (Moorish musician) Francisco Abarrayan (Moorish musician) Alonso El Haçaçi (Moorish musician) Lorenzo Alorzoti (Moorish musician) Fernando Bayahia (Moorish musician) Alonso Zogonbi (Moorish musician) various places
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Appointment of a governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses (1492)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

Yahya ben Brahim al-Fishtali (the Fisteli, who after his conversion and baptism would be known by the Spanish name of Fernando Morales), held various positions in the new Christian administrative …

appointment of a governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses zambra (Moorish dance) procession AAT women and musical networks project Yahya ben Brahim al-Fishtali=Fernando Morales (governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses) minstrels Alonso de Salamanca (town crier) town crier zambrero (Moorish jongler) unknown location Bibarrambla square calle Libreros (= Garbiexima, de los Escribanos, del Fisteli) street
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