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Floor plan of the church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary in Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (4). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Valley of Josaphat

Visit to Jerusalem (4). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Valley of …

June 3, 2024
Interior of Calahorra cathedral. Picture by J. Poyo
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Calahorra cathedral (1572-1593)

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Calahorra cathedral (1572-1593).

June 1, 2024
San Bartolome square
Foundation of the confraternity of the Christ of the Via Sacra at the church of San Bartolomé in Granada (1682)

A file in the Archivo Histórico Diocesano of Granada allows us to know the date …

May 31, 2024

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Last organ of the convent of San José in Granada (1904)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-08-2018

The organ of the convent of San José was built in Malaga Cathedral by Aquiles Ghys in 1904 and inaugurated on 8 December of that year.

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Moorish dances and songs in the gardens of the Alhambra in Granada (1526)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-08-2018

Johannes Lange de Löwenberg, physician to the Elector of the Palatinate, Archduke Friedrich von Wittelsbach, provides us with an extraordinary account of the dances performed by a group of Moorish …

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Last organ of the convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén in Granada (1836)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-08-2018

After the disentailment of Church properties, in 1836, the priest of the parish of Santa Isabel de Huetor Tajar (Granada) requested the organ from the Mercedarian convent of Nuestra Señora …

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Dilettante musicians and street romances in seventeenth-century Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-08-2018

The biography of the anchorite Francisco Velasco (Baza, 1577-Granada, 1622) allows us to approach two facets of the soundscape of Granada: domestic music and the performance of popular songs in …

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