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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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Clockmakers in Granada (c.1733-c.1800)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 31, 2016
clock AAT José Corona (bell maker, clockmaker) Francisco Corona (clockmaker) San Antón street
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Feast of Saint Raymond Nonnatus (1626)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 29, 2016
feast of Saint Raymond Nonnatus mass AAT music chapel of the cathedral wind players Francisco de Santiago (composer, chapel master, Carmelite) Julián de Torres (wind player) convent of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Calced Mercedarians)
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Procession and feast of the dedication of the new church of the convent of Corpus Christi (1686)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 28, 2016

Procession and feast of the dedication of the new church of the convent of Corpus Christi (1686).

procession AAT feast of the dedication or reopening of a church women and musical networks project cathedral chapter city council AAT music chapel of the cathedral Antonia de la Madre de Dios (Augustinian Recollects nun) convent of El Corpus Christi (Augustinians Recollects nuns)
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Literary tournaments and texts for secular songs ¬–villancicos– (1615)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 24, 2016
literary competition Christmas songs (villancicos) Easter songs (villancicos) Corpus Christi songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) AAT Baltasar del Río (canon, archdeacon of Niebla, bishop of Escalas) wind players singers AAT cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Seville. Chapel of Escalas
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Christmas songs (villancicos, 1716)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 23, 2016
Christmas songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) AAT matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus music chapel of the cathedral cathedral of Granada. Choir cathedral of La Encarnación
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Religious profession of an organist-nun (1733)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 18, 2016
to play the organ women and musical networks project María de Rojas (organist) convent of Santa María del Socorro (Franciscan Conceptionist)
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Buying and selling of instruments between individuals (1796-1797)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 17, 2016

In this article, we present the data provided by the newspaper Mensajero económico y erudito de Granada on the purchase and sale of second-hand instruments between private individuals during the …

selling of instruments harpsichord AAT clavichord AAT dulcimer AAT buying an instrument domestic music making José de Mora (barber) Isidro Fernández (writer of letters) Elvira street Azacaya street unknown location
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Dance and instrument lessons in Sevilla (1755)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 14, 2016
music lessons dance lessons dance teacher instruments teacher unknown location
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Playing the organ (1638-1665)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 13, 2016
to play the organ mass AAT vespers Juan Álvarez (organist) church of Santa Escolástica church of San Pedro y San Pablo church of Santiago
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Luthiers in Sevilla (1755)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 9, 2016

The Respuestas Generales del Catastro de Ensenada corresponding to the city of Seville (1755) allow us to know that in this city six luthiers carried out their activity, whose daily …

luthiers guild Francisco Sanguino (luthier) Miguel Sanguino (luthier) unknown location
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