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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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Purchase of a sackbut and a dulzian in Granada (1598)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 23, 2018
buying an instrument sackbut AAT dulzian teaching AAT Diego de Lara (dance teacher) Antonio Muñoz (wind player, dulcian and sackbut player, organist) parish of Santa Escolástica
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Religious profession at the convento of Santa Isabel in Sevilla (1784)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 21, 2018

On 26 September 1784, the veiling of a niece of Pedro del Campo, canon and protector of the music chapel of Seville Cathedral, took place in the convent of Santa …

religious profession Alabado Christmas song (villancico) AAT mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun women and musical networks project music chapel of the cathedral wind players choirboys Bartolome Polo (tenor, priest, music chapel agent) Pedro del Campo (canon, cathedral chapter agent for the music chapel) Antonio Ripa (composer, chapel master, prebendary) convent of Santa Isabel (Order of Saint John of Jerusalem)
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Feast of the Descend of the Holy Spirit in the cathedral of Granada (Pentecost)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 19, 2018

The Consueta and the Regla de Coro of the Cathedral of Granada allow us to approach liturgical, ceremonial and musical aspects of the Pentecost Spirit festivity in this institution since …

mass AAT vespers matins lauds tierce procession AAT feast of the Descend of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost)) Te deum laudamus (hymn) Sancti Spiritus adsit nobis gracia (prose) Veni creator spiritus (himn) Veni Sancte Spiritus (sequence) Iam Christus astra ascenderat (hymn) sermon AAT Tomás Luis de Victoria. Missae, magnificat, motecta, psalmi et alia (1600) [V 1435] cathedral chapter music chapel organist AAT chaplains AAT preacher cathedral (first site) cathedral (second site) cathedral (third site) cathedral of La Encarnación
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Marian festivities sponsored by the confraternity of the Holy Rosary of Our Lady of the Triumph in Granada (1698)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 16, 2018

Marian festivities sponsored by the confraternity of the Holy Rosary of Our Lady of the Triumph.

mass AAT feast of the Conception of Mary AAT feast of the Incarnation (= Annunciation) feast of the Nativity of Our Lady feast of the Assumption of Our Lady feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary feast of Our Lady of the Rosary feast of Our Lady of Mercy procession AAT dances AAT fireworks AAT confraternities project Marian confraternities religious community of monks of the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced music chapel of the cathedral music chapel of the capilla real organist AAT bell-ringer confraternity of Our Lady of the Triumph convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Calced Mercedarians)
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Organ of the Gospel side of the convent of San Pablo in Seville (1741)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 14, 2018

Notes for the history of the Gospel side organ of the convent of San Pablo (1741).

organ AAT organ repair Melchor Ramírez, fray (organist) Luis de Vilches (sculptor, altar artist, painter) Valentín de Verdalonga (organ builder) convent of San Pablo (Dominicans) parish of San Vicente
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Organ for the covent of San Pablo in Seville (1516)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 13, 2018

The first news of an organ in the convent of San Pablo derives from the instrument built by the organ builder Juanes Navarro in 1516, although it is very likely …

organ AAT Juanes Navarro (organ builder) convent of San Pablo (Dominicans)
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Polyphonic musical repertoire of the Cathedral of Granada (1492-1535)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 10, 2018

Reconstruction of the contents of the music library of the Granada Cathedral (1492-1536).

music book inventory Luis Canderroa (chapel master) Bernardino Canderroa (illuminator) Juan Rodríguez Hernando de la Cueva (succentor, copist) Quintela (copist) Juan Lorenzo (bookseller, bookbinder) Cazorla (bookseller, bookbinder) Álvaro Cervantes (maestro de capilla) Peralta (chaplain) Luis de Cózar (composer, chapel master) cathedral (second site) cathedral (third site) cathedral of Granada. Old choir cathedral of La Encarnación
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Cultual activities in the hospital of La Misericordia in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 6, 2018

Cultual activities sponsored by the confraternity of La Misericordia at the homonymous hospital in Sevilla.

feast of the dedication or reopening of a church mass AAT vespers chaplaincy of masses organ repair confraternities project confraternities with other avocations confraternity of The Mercy music chapel wind players chaplains AAT organist AAT Diego López Montero (organ builder) hospital of La Misericordia
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Harp lessons to Ana María Medina in Granada (1575)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 4, 2018

Contract between the merchant Juan de Medina and the harpist Juan Romero to teach his daughter Ana María Medina to play this instrument (1575).

music education domestic music making music lessons women and musical networks project Juan Romero (harpist) Ana María Medina (harpist) harpist AAT unknown location
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The feast of the Invention of the Cross in the cathedral of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 2, 2018

In the cathedral of Seville, the festivity of the Invention of the Cross was celebrated on May 3 with the second rank (dignidad) since the Middle Ages, increasing its ceremonial …

feast of the Invention (Discovery) of the Holy Cross vespers mass AAT procession AAT Vexilla regis (hymn) Per signum crucis (motet) mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works Francisco Guerrero. Mottecta (1589) [G 4875] Francisco Guerrero. Motecta (1597) [G 4877] printed works by Francisco Guerrero music chapel of the cathedral Alfonso Pérez de Alba (composer, chapel master) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Juan Gómez (copist) Cristóbal de Torquemada (copist) D. Pedro (archbishop) cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Choir Gradas street
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