Historical soundscapes (c.1200 – c.1800)

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<em>View taken from above the bullring</em> (detail). Alfred Guesdon (c. 1855)
Granada
Festival organised by the Real Maestranza of Granada on the occasion of the reception of Agustín de Valdivia as an elder brother (1767)

Antonio Soriano, chapel master of the Collegiate Church of El Salvador, composed the march La …

April 17, 2024
Title page. <em>El viage de Hierusalem</em> (1594) [E-Mrae, 14-XI-37]
Barcelona
First Barcelona edition of El viage de Hierusalem by Francisco Guerrero (1594)

First Barcelona edition of El viage de Hierusalem by Francisco Guerrero (1594).

April 12, 2024
Church of San Lorenzo
Valladolid
Will of the ministril Francisco González Dávila (1654)

The will of the ministril and dulcian player Francisco González Dávila provides us with his …

April 9, 2024
Main Chapel of the Church of San Juan de Dios
Murcia
Music chapel of Señor Sacramentado of the Convent-Hospital of Nuestra Señora de Gracia y Buen Suceso of the Order of San Juan de Dios in Murcia (1790)

In 1790, the religious community of the convent-hospital of Nuestra Señora de Gracia y Buen …

April 7, 2024

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

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
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 …

traditional songs traditional dances meal prisoners Cristóbal de Chaves (writer) public royal prison
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Soundscape in the prison for women

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
12-07-2015

The testimony of Cristóbal de Chaves, in his Relación de las cosas de las cárcel de Sevilla y su trato, brings us closer to the sounds of popular music that …

traditional songs traditional dances women and musical networks project prisoners guitar player rattle player tejoleta player (piece of clay) adufe player (square tambourine) Cristóbal de Chaves (writer) Pedro de León (jesuit, writer) public royal prison
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Prison soundscape

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
12-07-2015
traditional songs litany salve prisoners vihuela player tambourine player musician in the theater Cristóbal de Chaves (writer) Pedro de León (jesuit, writer) public royal prison
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Traditional music in the street and taverns

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
12-07-2015

Miguel de Cervantes, in&nbsp;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 …

traditional songs traditional dances guitar player Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) various places
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Traditional music of the Sevillian black ethnic community

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
12-07-2015
traditional songs chacona (dance) traditional dances paracumbé (dance) ye-ye (dance) zambapalo (dance) sarabande (dance) zarambeque or zumbé (dance) black people Juan de Valladolid (gentlment usher, foreman of black people) frame drum player rattle player guitar player Lope de Vega (writer) Santa María la Blanca square
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Outdoor concert in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
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 …

instrumental concert street music instrumentalists citizens wind players city council alameda de Hércules
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Traditional songs in Saint John's Eve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
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 …

traditional songs traditional dances Lope de Vega (writer) mulatto frame drum player rattle player guitar player voices alameda de Hércules
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Funeral procession and funeral rites of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar (1515)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

On 20 July 1515, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Mondéjar and 2nd Count of Tendilla (1440-1515), died in the Alhambra at the age of 74. His mortal remains …

funeral rites funeral procession the pealing of bells crying Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar soldiers clergy citizens trumpets trumpeters of the Alhambra drum player convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra (Franciscans) Yusuf III or Count of Tendilla palace (Alhambra)
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Meal (1420)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
12-07-2015
meal city council minstrels casas del cabildo municipal / Corral de los Olmos (old town hall)
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Announcement of the take of Malaga (1487)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
12-07-2015
announcement city council town crier drum player trumpeter Gradas street Alfalfa square San Francisco square
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