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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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First references to the procession of Corpus Christi in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 30, 2016
feast of Corpus Christi procession AAT Hernando de Talavera (first archbishop of Granada) cathedral chapter cathedral (first site) cathedral (second site)
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Guilds, neighbors and aromatic herbs in the Corpus Christi procession

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 29, 2016
feast of Corpus Christi procession AAT guilds neighbors juncia (aromatic herbs) Cárcel street Pescadería street Bibarrambla square Zacatín street Nueva (Hatabín) square Hospitales street
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Miguel de Cervantes, resident in San Isidoro neighborhood (1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 28, 2016
mass AAT Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) ULAN church of San Nicolás
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Toll of the churchs clocks bells of San Marcos and San Lorenzo

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 27, 2016

The clocks placed in different churches in Seville were installed by the city council, which was responsible for their maintenance. Their bells were added to the one that existed in …

the pealing of bells city council AAT Diego Flamenco (watchmaker) Juan Salado (watchmaker) Matías del Monte (watchmaker) Thomas Hatton (watchmaker) José Manuel Zugasti (watchmaker) clock Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) ULAN church of San Marcos church of San Lorenzo
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Extraordinary processions held for the plague that hit Seville (1427)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 24, 2016

In 1427, the Seville cathedral chapter ordered seven processions of rogations to different sacred establishments in the city as a result of the plague epidemic that was ravaging the city.

procession AAT mass AAT cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral cathedral of Santa María de la Sede convent of San Pablo (Dominicans) church of Santiago church of Santa Cruz church of San Juan de la Palma church of San Miguel convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (Franciscans) collegiate church of San Salvador
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Annual procession to the church of San Sebastián

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 23, 2016

The celebration of the feast of Saint Sebastian (20 January) included, weather permitting, the procession to his hermitage outside the city walls, accompanied by the chapel of music to officiate …

procession AAT vespers mass AAT motet Christmas song (villancico) AAT hymn AAT magnificat litany AAT Felix namque es sacra Virgo Maria (antiphon) Ora pro populo (vers) sermon AAT Sanctorum meritis (hymn) Beatus es et bene tibi erit, 4 vv (motet) mapping Francisco Guerrero cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral wind players choirboys crowd Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) ULAN Juan Rufo (writer) Pedro de Escobar (composer, chapel master, singer) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) crowd cathedral of Santa María de la Sede Contratación square gate of Jerez church of San Sebastián
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Music at the window of the house of Isabela, the Cervantine Spanish-English lady

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 21, 2016
domestic music making street music Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) ULAN Leonora's house, the Spanish-English lady
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Annual procession to the collegiate church of San Salvador the first day of Rogations

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 21, 2016
procession AAT mass AAT litany AAT Quis vestrum habebit amicum (motete) mapping Francisco Guerrero cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral wind players cathedral of Santa María de la Sede collegiate church of San Salvador
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Feast and procession of Saint Clement of Rome in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 19, 2016

The feast of Saint Clement of Rome, which commemorated the capture of the city of Seville, was founded on 12 December 1254 by King Alfonso X. Its elaborate ritual included …

mass AAT prosa procession AAT motet mapping Francisco Guerrero Iste Sanctus pro lege (motet) Dedisti domine (motet) Missa Iste sanctus Omnis homo pie mentis (prose) Alfonso X the Wise Fernando III (king) cathedral chapter city council AAT music chapel of the cathedral wind players Domingo Abad de los romances (poet, minstrel) Nicolás de los romances (poet, minstrel) cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Seville. Royal Chapel cathedral of Seville. Door of the Lagarto Gradas street cathedral of Seville. Door of the Bautismo
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Appointment of Francisco Correa de Arauxo as organist of the collegiate church of San Salvador (1599)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 18, 2016
to play the organ Francisco Correa de Arauxo (composer, organist) Juan Picaforte / John Pickford (organist) collegiate church of San Salvador
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