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Pool of Bethesda
Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (3). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Via Dolorosa

Visit to Jerusalem (3). Pilgrims' prayers and songs at the stations of the Via Dolorosa.

May 19, 2024
Stations on the Via Dolorosa. Map of Jerusalem. Friar Antonino de Angelis (1578)
Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (3). Second day of the stations' tour (Via Dolorosa). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Visit to Jerusalem (3). Second day of the stations' tour (Via Dolorosa). Francisco Guerrero's Journey …

May 6, 2024
Galleys in the port of Barcelona c. 1535. <em>Civitates Orbis Terrarum</em>. vol 1 (1572). Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg
Barcelona
Trumpets in the galleys of the fleet of the Kingdom of Granada (1529)

On 21 August 1529, by order of Charles V, Rodrigo de Portuondo was appointed captain …

May 4, 2024
Book cover. Book of Polyphony No. 4 [old codex 52]
Huesca
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Cathedral of Huesca

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Cathedral of Huesca.

May 2, 2024

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First references to the organ in the cathedral of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
27-04-2017

It is likely that the organ was introduced in Seville Cathedral in the second half of the 13th century to contribute to the solemnisation of the Seville liturgy, but the …

organ to play the organ organist Sevilla cathedral Mudejar cathedral of Seville. Nave of the organs
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Organs in the convent of Santa Catalina de Sena

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
24-04-2017

Organs in the convent of Santa Catalina de Sena.

organ organ repair women and musical networks project Alejo Muños (friar, organ builder) José Furriel (organ builder) Pedro Furriel (organ builder) Pedro Ghys (organ builder) Adolfo Montero Weiss (organ and piano builder) Jesús Dougnac Moreno (organ builder) nuns convent of Santa Catalina de Siena (Dominicans nuns) royal chapel capilla real. Organ stall capilla real. High choir convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Franciscans nuns)
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Procession of Quasimodo Sunday or Dominica in albis

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
23-04-2017
Quasimodo Sunday or Dominica in albis Quasimodo genitis infantes (Introitus) Ad coenam agni providi (hymn) Post dies octo (motet) motet litany music chapel of the cathedral chaplains Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Sevilla. Choir church of San Pedro
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Music chapel in the convent of Santa Paula

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
21-04-2017

The Jerome convent of Santa Paula had a small music chapel at least since the seventeenth century. It had nuns who played chordophones and aerophones, and in front of them …

mass liturgical office Christmas songs (villancicos) Corpus Christi songs (villancicos) women and musical networks project music chapel of the convent of Santa Paula (Granada) chapel master singers viol-player dulcian player harpist convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites nuns)
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Music chapel in the convent of Santa María de las Dueñas in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
20-04-2017

The biographical profile of the poetess and musician Constanza Osorio, traced by the abbess Benita Levanto, who had been in her charge during her novitiate, allows us to learn of …

mass liturgical office teaching music lessons women and musical networks project Constanza Osorio (chapel master, poetess) Benita Levanto (Cistercian nun) music chapel of the convent of Santa María de las Dueñas convent of Santa María de las Dueñas (Cistercians)
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Soundscapes of Cabrera and Espinosa bridges

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
18-04-2017
sound of the water sound of animals water birds crowd Cabrera's bridge Espinosa's bridge
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Easter songs (villancicos) at the cathedral of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
16-04-2017

In Seville Cathedral, the choirboys sang three villancicos composed by their master at Matins and at the Mass for the Feast of the Resurrection.

Easter songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) matins of Easter feast of the Resurrection (Easter Sunday) Juan Donoso Cabeza de Vaca (composer, master of the choirboys, presbiter) choirboys wind players musicians Cristóbal de Dueñas y Lavanda (master of the choirboys, composer) clarion player cathedral of Sevilla. Choir Sevilla cathedral
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Easter procession

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
15-04-2017
procession feast of the Resurrection (Easter Sunday) to play the organ artillery salute the pealing of bells Mimic the sound of birds Regina celi (motet) Congratulamini mihi (motet) O genitrix gloriosa (motet) Te deum laudamus (hymn) bell-ringer choirboys music chapel of the cathedral succentor organist trumpeter cathedral (third site) capilla real. Space between the main altar and the tombs royal chapel
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Pre-Tridentine celebration of Lauds of the Sacred Triduum in the Cathedral of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
14-04-2017

Pre-Tridentine celebration of Lauds of the Sacred Triduum in the Cathedral of Seville.

Kyries tenebrarum Christus factus est Benedictus Miserere mei Deus (psalm 51) play carracaña (matraca) music chapel of the cathedral Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Sevilla. Choir
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Procession of the confraternity and Brotherhood of Santísimo Poder y Traspaso de Nuestra Señora

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
12-04-2017
Holy Week procession confraternities project penitential confraternities music chapel trumpeter small bell confraternity of Our Father Jesus of the Great Power, and the Virgin of Suffering and Transfer convent of el Valle (Dominicans / Franciscans) church of San Lorenzo convent of la Santísima Trinidad (Calced Trinitarians) convent of San Agustín (augustinians) Sevilla cathedral cruz del Campo
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