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Chapel of the beheading. Cathedral of Santiago (Armenian)
Jerusalem
Visit to Jerusalem (2). First day of the stations' tour (Armenian quarter and Mount Sion). Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem (1588)

 Visit to Jerusalem (2). First day of the stations' tour (Armenian quarter and Mount Sion). …

April 24, 2024
convent de Santa Helena do Monte Calvário. Picture by David Freitas (1960)
Évora
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Helena do Monte Calvário in Evora

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Santa Helena do …

April 21, 2024
<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

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque al-Tai'bin in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

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

the call to prayer by a muezzin coranic psalmody muezzin AAT Hieronymus Münzer (humanist) mosque al-Tai'bin (of the converts)
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Exultet iam angelica in the church of San Juan de los Reyes

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
Exsultet iam angelica singers AAT church of San Juan de los Reyes
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Passions in Holy Week

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
passions singers AAT Melchor Dardo (alto and sackbut) Monsalve (singer) church of San Juan de los Reyes
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Feast of Saint John the Baptist

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
proclamation of the feast mass AAT vespers music chapel of the capilla real music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Granada) Melchor Dardo (alto and sackbut) church of San Juan de los Reyes
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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque or zawya of the Maharochin Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the mosque or zawya of the Maharoch were essential elements of the soundscape of …

the call to prayer by a muezzin coranic psalmody muezzin AAT Hieronymus Münzer (humanist) mosque of Maharoch (of the burnt)
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Procession of the confraternity of the Humility of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

Procession of the confraternity of the Humility of Jesus of the convent of la Victoria in Granada.

Holy Week procession confraternities project penitential confraternities guild confraternities confraternity of the Humility of Jesus of the convent of la Victoria singers AAT wind players trumpeter AAT music chapel clergy disciplinants convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (Minims Franciscans) cathedral of La Encarnación
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Feast of Saint Cecilio

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
mass AAT Christmas song (villancico) AAT feast of Saint Cecilio Saint Caecilius songs (villancicos) music chapel of the cathedral collegiate church of el Sacromonte
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Organ enlargement of the convent of San Antonio Abad (1742)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
organ AAT organ builder AAT convent of San Antonio Abad (San Antón) (Regular Third Order)
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Organ and portative organ of the convent of San Antonio Abad

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
organ AAT portative organ AAT organist AAT convent of San Antonio Abad (San Antón) (Regular Third Order)
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Feast of Our Lady of Consolation

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
feast of Our Lady of Consolation mass AAT procession AAT confraternities project Marian confraternities penitential confraternities national confraternities singers AAT confraternity of Our Lady of Consolation at the convent of San Francisco Casa Grande convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (Observant Franciscans)
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