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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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Nighttime street quarrels and serenades in 14th century Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 5, 2018

The Ordenamiento given by King Alfonso XI for the city of Seville, in 1337, provides us with an interesting indirect testimony of the nocturnal serenades in Seville in the first …

bustle in the street serenade citizens AAT various places
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Musical resources of the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada (1537)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 3, 2018

A document dated 1592, after the Moorish rebellion in Granada in 1568, gives us information about the musical staff of the Collegiate Church of El Salvador in 1537, through the …

mass AAT vespers music lessons teaching AAT music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Granada) Diego Garzón (chapel master, sacristan) Ribadeneira (succentor) Cózar (alto) Juan de Falces (bass) Francisco Pérez (soprano) Santos de Aliseda (tenor, chapel master) Morales (tenor) Martín Quesada (organist) Bartolomé de Barrera (choirboy, alto) Antonio de Molina (choirboy) Paniagua (choirboy) collegiate church of San Salvador
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The tolling of the dawn and the curfew in the city of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 1, 2018

The tolling of "del Alba" and "de Queda" were two of the most characteristic bell tolls in the regulation of urban life, both of which were easily recognisable by the …

the pealing of bells bustle in the street sound of animals noise pollution AAT dawn tolling curfew tolling bell-ringer city council AAT crowd horses carriage cart gate of Jerez Carbón gate Aceite gate Arenal gate Triana's gate Real gate San Juan or Ingenio gate Barqueta gate gate of la Macarena Córdoba gate Sol gate Osario gate gate of Carmona Carne gate Nueva gate cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda)
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Introduction of the bassoon in the musical chapels of Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 27, 2018

The bassoon was introduced into the ecclesiastical musical chapels of Granada around 1800.

buying an instrument bassoon AAT José Viruega (violín, viola, oboe, dulcian, bassoon, horn, clarion player) music chapel of the cathedral music chapel of the capilla real cathedral of La Encarnación royal chapel
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Liturgical activity and villancicos of Intercession by Our Lady of the Coral at the church of San Ildefonso in Seville (1719)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 24, 2018

In 1693, the rules of the confratenity of Our Lady of the Coral, Rosary devotion, St. Joseph and St. Ildefonso were approved. It had its headquarters in the church of …

mass AAT vespers Matins of Intercession by Our Lady chanzoneta (secular song, see also Christmas song) songs (villancicos) of Intercession by Our Lady of the Coral rosary AAT feast of the Blessed Souls of Purgatory procession AAT confraternities project Marian confraternities rosary confraternities confraternities with avocations to saints music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Seville) José de Magallanes (composer, chapel master) confraternity of Our Lady of the Coral, Rosary devotion, Saint Joseph and Saint Ildefonso church of San Ildefonso
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Last organ at the convent of La Encarnación in Granada (1836)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 20, 2018

The inventory made in 1836, when the convent of La Encarnación in Granada was suppressed, included an organ located in the choir loft. This instrument and the tabernacle of the …

organ AAT organ builder AAT convent of la Encarnación (Franciscans nuns)
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Publication in Seville of the papal brief declaring the Apostle Saint James as the only patron of Spain (1623)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 18, 2018

On 17 May 1623, the Cathedral of Seville celebrated with great solemnity the publication of the Brief of Pope Urban VIII, in which he proclaimed St James the Apostle as …

the pealing of bells illuminations AAT street music mass AAT sermon AAT chanzoneta (secular song, see also Christmas song) musket salute artillery salute motet Te deum laudamus (hymn) procession AAT Urban VIII (pope) ULAN cathedral chapter city council AAT music chapel of the cathedral wind players trumpeter AAT firing squad crowd bell-ringer dances clergy cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Seville. Chapel of Santiago cathedral of Sevilla. Choir cathedral of Seville. Crossing Guadalquivir river TGN casas del cabildo municipal / Plaza de San Francisco (town hall) cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda)
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Sale of musical instruments in Granada (1667-1668)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 14, 2018

A file kept in the Archivo Municipal de Granada, which records the conflict of interests between the luthier Francisco Morcillo and the city's luthier’s guild, gives us some interesting details …

selling of instruments domestic music making musical instrument making harp guitar AAT violin AAT Francisco Morcillo (luthier) Sebastián de Aguilar (harpist) Diego de Trillo y Figueroa (harpist) Juan de Sevilla (painter) Isidoro de Espinosa (notary) Francisco de Navarrete collegiate church of San Salvador Zacatín street parish of San José various places
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Urban VIII anniversary at the cathedral of Seville (1638)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 12, 2018

On 15 April 1638, the Seville cathedral chapter celebrated for the first time the anniversary it had just instituted in honour of Pope Urban VIII. The vespers of the 15th …

the pealing of bells wind band announcement play illuminations AAT vespers mass AAT anniversary AAT procession AAT ephemeral architecture Te deum laudamus (hymn) hymn AAT mapping Francisco Guerrero motet chanzoneta (secular song, see also Christmas song) Urban VIII (pope) ULAN cathedral chapter city council AAT music chapel of the cathedral wind players organist AAT bell-ringer cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda) cathedral of Seville. Crossing cathedral of Sevilla. Choir cathedral of Seville. Antigua's nave cathedral of Seville. Royal Chapel cathedral of Seville. Sebastian's (= de Escalas) nave
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Luthier’s exam in Granada (1668)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 10, 2018

The Archivo Municipal of Granada preserves an extraordinary document that gives us an account of the conflict of interests that must have arisen between the members of the city's luthiers …

musical instrument making luthier's exam harp violin AAT guitar AAT Francisco Morcillo (luthier) Cristóbal de Navas (luthier) Cristóbal Ruiz Galván (luthier) luthier AAT madrasah Yusufiyya / Casas del cabildo municipal ( old town hall) unknown location
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