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Church of Santa María del Castillo
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Church of Santiago. Bernardo Rico (1864)
Apprenticeship contract for an organist in Guadalajara (1572)

The apprenticeship contract signed in 1572 between the sacristan and organist of the church of …

Aug. 20, 2024
Title page. <em>Veni sponsa mea dilecta</em> (1780)
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in Balaguer (1780)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Clara in …

Aug. 19, 2024
Façade of the Cathedral of Canaria. Illustration from the manuscript by José Agustín Álvarez Rixo, entitled Cuadro histórico de estas Islas Canarias (1808-1812). Library of the University of La Laguna. Personal archive of José Agustín Álvarez Rixo.
The “release” of the clock of the Cathedral of Las Palmas (18th-19th centuries)

The main and only mission of the clock bell of the Cathedral of Las Palmas …

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque Burriana in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the mosque Burriana were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the Aljama mosque of the Albaicín in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the Aljama mosque of El Albaicín were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim …

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Domestic music at the house of vihuela player Luis de Narváez

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

Little more than his origin in Granada and his probable employment in the service of Francisco de los Cobos, secretary to Charles V, before 1526, is what we can say …

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