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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
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

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Baptism of Luis de Cózar

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
baptism Luis de Cózar (bass) church of Santa Isabel de los Abades
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The Granada-Venegas Literary Academy in the city of Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

The Granada-Venegas Literary Academy was an important centre for cultural exchange in Granada in the 16th and early 17th centuries.

academy AAT Alonso de Granada-Venegas Rengifo Pedro Granada-Venegas Manrique (First Marquis of Campotéjar) Juan de Sesa -Latino- (poet and musician) Gregorio Silvestre (organist, composer, poet) casa de los Tiros palace of Cetti-Meriem or house of the Infantes
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Census of Juan de Sesa

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
census taking music education music lessons domestic music making Juan de Sesa -Latino- (poet and musician) organist AAT clavichord player lute player harpist AAT vihuela player singer AAT Santa Ana street
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Announcement of jewelry, clothing and other objects selling in Granada (1516)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

The ordinances of the guild of town criers of Granada were proclaimed on 15 October 1516 by Alonso Hernández de Ampudia in Bibarrambla Square.

announcement AAT town crier Alonso Hernández de Ampudia (town crier) alcazaba Guadix gate the Albaicín TGN Nueva (Hatabín) square San Francisco street Elvira gate pilar de los almizqueros (pilar del toro) Bibarrambla square
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Procession of thanksgiving for the arrival in Spain of King Felipe V (1701)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
procession AAT Christmas song (villancico) AAT music chapel of the capilla real Alonso de Blas y Sandoval (chapel master) chapter of the capilla real Cárcel street (on the corner of the cathedral tower) royal chapel Bibarrambla square
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Announcement in Granada of a pardon granted by King Fernando VI (1749)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

On 31 March 1749, a solemn public proclamation was made in Granada announcing the pardon granted by King Ferdinand VI to the sixty-six prisoners who had been imprisoned for their …

announcement announcement AAT bustle in the street cheers heraldic music drummers AAT drum player town crier trumpeter AAT Fernando VI (king) Juan de Villalva y Angulo firing squad Pedro Montano (town crier) Descalzas square Nueva (Hatabín) square Bibarrambla square Cárcel street carrera del Genil
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Pealing of bells in the Torre de la Vela in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
the pealing of bells bell-ringer José Corona (bell maker, clockmaker) torre de la Vela (Alhambra)
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Chimes of the clock at the Royal Chancery Palace in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
the pealing of bells bell José Corona (bell maker, clockmaker) Royal Audiencia and Chancillería
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Announcement about the innkeepers in the city of Granada (1540)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

El 20 de agosto de 1540, en distintos enclaves de la ciudad, Francisco de Aguilar pregonó el ordenamiento del cabildo ciudadano que obligaba a los mesoneros, taberneros y a todos …

announcement AAT Francisco de Aguilar (town crier) Alonso Núñez (notary public) pilar de los almizqueros (pilar del toro) Bibarrambla square Nueva (Hatabín) square Mesones street Pan street
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Proclamations about the guild of wax makers and candlestick makers of Granada in the first half of the 16th century

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

The Ordinances of the Guild of Candlemakers and Candlestick Makers of Granada provide us with the names of several public town criers in the city during the first half of …

announcement AAT Francisco Hernández (town crier) town crier Juan de Torres (town crier) Pedro Vázquez (town crier) Alonso de Salamanca (town crier) Martín de Páramo (town crier) Juan de Treviño (town crier) Lorenzo de Espejo (town crier) candlemakers' guild AAT Bibarrambla square Nueva (Hatabín) square Rastro's gate (= Real's gate)
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