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Church of Santa María and castle-palace of the Zúñiga family in Curiel.
Theatrical representations in the town of Curiel (1624)

In 1624, the governors of the brotherhood of Nuestra Señora del Rosario of the town …

Jan. 6, 2024
Choir. Cathedral of Murcia. Sucesores de Nogués (c. 1920)
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical staff of the cathedral of Murcia (1573)

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical staff of the cathedral of Murcia (1573).

Dec. 29, 2023
White Mosque (chuch of the Forty Martyrs)
Prayers and chants of the pilgrims in the holy places of Rama (1602)

Mosén Miquel Matas, in La devota peregrinació de la Terra Sancta y ciutat de Hierusalem …

Dec. 19, 2023
<em>Veuë de la ville de Rama située a l'occident de Jerusalem, entre Lydda et Joppé</em>. Antoine Augustin Calmet (1730)
Rama, eighth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Rama, eighth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Dec. 18, 2023

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Luthier’s exam in Granada (1668)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-11-2018

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 …

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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-11-2018

The Constituciones del Real Colegio de San Bartolomé y Santiago of Granada (1774) set out the bell tolls that regulated collegiate life and the limited use that students could make …

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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-11-2018

In 1502, Francisco de la Torre, singer, chapel master and composer, lived in a house rented by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral. It was a residence of considerable size, with …

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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-10-2018

The space of the Alameda del río Genil, in Granada, was, at least since the 18th century, a recreational space for the citizens, where a second "Casa de las Chirimías" …

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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-10-2018

The&nbsp;Ordenanzas de Sevilla, published in 1527, established that there would be fourteen town criers in the city and precisely regulated the details of the exercise of their profession.

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