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

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Aug. 6, 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

At an indeterminate date, probably between 1712 and 1716, Eugenio Gerardo Lobo, "el capitán coplero", …

July 25, 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)

Alongside details of the ordinary conventions and ceremonies of the liturgical calendar at Barcelona Cathedral, …

June 20, 2024
Stations on the Valley of Josaphat. Map of Jerusalem. Friar Antonino de Angelis (1578)
Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (4). Third day of the stations' tour (Valley of Josaphat). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Visit to Jerusalem (4). Third day of the stations' tour (Valley of Josaphat). Francisco Guerrero's …

June 3, 2024

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Dress rehearsal of dances and Eucharistic plays for the Corpus Christi

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
22-10-2015
dances eucharistic play feast of Corpus Christi city council Royal Chancery cathedral chapter Toribio de la Vega (company director) corral del Carbón (playhouse) Coliseo / Casa de comedias (theater) madrasah Yusufiyya / Casas del cabildo municipal ( old town hall)
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Musicians at the service of Íñigo Lopez de Mendoza, Second Count of Tendilla (1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
19-10-2015
domestic music making Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar Hieronymus Münzer (humanist) flute player vihuela player trumpeter Yusuf III or Count of Tendilla palace (Alhambra) unknown location
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Musical instrument making (1470-1480)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
18-10-2015
renting a house musical instrument making Enrique, maestre (harpsichord maker, luthier) Enrique Tich = Henricus Tik (composer, singer, prebendary) luthier Sierpe street
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Manufacture of a choir book of polyphony for Vespers (1576)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
16-10-2015

Between 1573 and 1576, Diego Dorta, one of the most important choral book writers and miniaturist of Seville Cathedral, copied on parchment a book of polyphony [E-Sc 2] for the …

polyphonic choirbook copying polyphonic choirbook of Vespers psalm hymn mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works cathedral chapter Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Rodrigo de Ceballos (composer, chapel master) Juan Navarro (composer) Diego Dorta (choir book scribe) cathedral of Sevilla. Choir Armas street Sevilla cathedral
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Corpus Christi procession and the altar in Palacio Arzobispal square

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-10-2015
Pange lingua (hymn) Sacris solemniis (hymn) feast of Corpus Christi eucharistic play movable platforms for theatrical representations Christmas song (villancico) ephemeral architecture cathedral chapter city council organist music chapel of the cathedral trumpeter actor-singers Hernán de la Cueva (succentor, music copyst) Mendoza (music copyst) Palacio Arzobispal square Bibarrambla square Hospitales street Cárcel street Zacatín street cathedral (third site)
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Altar in Mesones Street for the Corpus Christi procession

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
11-10-2015
feast of Corpus Christi ephemeral architecture procession city council crowd Mesones street
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Recruitment of various chamber musicians by Alonso Perez de Guzman, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
10-10-2015
domestic music making Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duque of Medina Sidonia Juan Inglés (viol-player) viol-player Guadalquivir river palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia (I) palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia (II)
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Manufacturing and trade of vihuela strings

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
09-10-2015
manufacturing and trade of vihuela strings Pedro Martín (luthier and vihuela string manufacturer) Juan del Carpio (merchant of books, spices and vihuela strings) luthier vihuela string manufacturer church of Santa Catalina parish of Santa Catalina
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Balconies in the Bibarrambla square

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
07-10-2015
festival feast of Corpus Christi tournaments bullfights city council cathedral chapter Tribunal of the Inquisition Royal Chancery duke of the Infantado houses in Bibarrambla square casa de los Miradores archbishop's palace
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Altar in Pescaderia Street for the Corpus Christi procession

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
04-10-2015
feast of Corpus Christi ephemeral architecture procession city council music chapel of the cathedral organist crowd Pescadería street
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