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Church of Santa Cruz in Madrid
Hiring of a group of minstrels by the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament of the church of Santa Cruz in Madrid (1631)

On 10 October 1631, the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of Santa …

May 26, 2024
Little cloister. Monastery of the Cartuja in Granada
Francisco Guerrero in the treatise Historia y origen de la música y canto llano by Juan Sánchez Vidal (1755)

In the middle of the 18th century, the figure of Francisco Guerrero was still highly …

May 24, 2024
Church of the Monastery of Descalzas Reales
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Descalzas Reales in Madrid (1708)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Descalzas Reales in …

May 22, 2024
Signature of Diego López
Contracts of Diego Lopez and Enrique Franco for the tuning and maintenance of the organs in Seville Cathedral (1594)

On 3 September 1594, the organ builders Diego López and Enrique Franco signed the notarial …

May 19, 2024

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A party night at the prison of Seville at the end of the 16th century

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The description of a night of revelry in the prison of Seville, at the end of the 16th century, with food, music and sex, shows the laxity of customs in …

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Traditional music in the street and taverns

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Miguel de Cervantes, in El Celoso extremeño, becomes a literary witness to the musical enthusiasm of Seville's black ethnic minority. In this work, he offers us a valuable testimony of their …

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Outdoor concert in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The remodelling in 1574 of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville made it a place for recreation and strolling for the citizens, especially in summer, enlivened by a group of …

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Traditional songs in Saint John's Eve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

At the beginning of his play Lo cierto por lo dudoso, Lope de Vega takes us to the night of San Juan, in the Alameda in Seville, a space that …

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