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Villancicos for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Santísima Trinidad in Puebla: new findings

This article complements that of the "Villancicos compuestos para la ceremonia de profesión de monjas …

Feb. 29, 2024
Convent of Santa Catalina of Ávila
Nuns music and polyphony in the Dominican convent of Santa Catalina in Ávila

The convent of Dominican nuns of Santa Catalina Martyr in the city of Ávila (1486-1836) …

Feb. 24, 2024
Our Lady of Antigua or La Grande Bell. Peeter van den Ghein III and Pauwels van Laere. Malinas (1600). Photography: Fernando Cova del Pino
Apprenticeship contract of a bell ringer at the Cathedral of Las Palmas (1619)

In this article we present the contract or deed, granted on February 4, 1619, in …

Feb. 20, 2024
Cathedral of Santa Catalina de Alejandría in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
Endowment of minstrels to accompany the Viaticum in the Cathedral of Cartagena de Indias

Fray Juan de Ladrada, during his bishopric in Cartagena de Indias (1596-1613), promoted the accompaniment …

Feb. 20, 2024

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New organ for the convent of San Antón in Granada (1707)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-05-2019

In 1707, the chapter of Granada Cathedral granted eight arrobas (92 kg.) of lead to the convent of San Antón de Granada to help in the construction of a new …

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Liturgical service at the convent of Los Capuchinos in Seville (1769)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-05-2019

In 1769, the Seville cathedral chapter ordered the violonists of the music chapel to attend a festivity held at the Capuchin convent on 28 September.

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Feast of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-05-2019

Two of the most important festivities in the festive calendar of Nasrid Granada were the Breaking of the Fast after Ramadan [Eid al-Fitr] and the Passover Sacrifice [Eid al-Adha], in …

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Oratorios for the inauguration of the Pilar Chapel in Granada Cathedral (1785)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-05-2019

Antonio Jorge y Galbán, archbishop of Granada (1776-1787), a native of Zaragoza, endowed the ornamentation of the Pilar chapel in Granada cathedral. For the chapel's inauguration and dedication ceremony, the …

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