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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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Poetry and music in the taifa of Seville (1023-1091)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 8, 2018

The independent taifa of Seville during the Abbasid dynasty ( 1023-1091) was an important cultural centre with its epicentre in the Reales Alcázares. Its last two kings, al-Mu'tadid and al-Mu'tamid, …

domestic music making women and musical networks project Al-Mu'tadid (king of the taifa of Sevilla) Al-Mu'tamid (king of the taifa of Sevilla) Al-Rashid (al-Mu'tamid's son, poet, musician, lute player) Suada (<em>qiyan</em>, poetess, singer, composer) lute player female singer AAT al-Mu'tamid palace
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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 6, 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 …

the pealing of bells domestic music making mass AAT students of the college of San Bartolomé y Santiago college of San Bartolomé y Santiago
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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 4, 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 …

domestic music making music lessons Francisco de la Torre (composer, magister puerorum, singer, prebendary) choirboys singers AAT Francisco de la Torre's house
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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 31, 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" …

street music sound of the water sound of animals wind players water horses carriage birds alameda of the Genil river
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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 28, 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.

ordinance AAT announcement AAT town crier Gradas street Alfalfa square San Francisco square Santa Catalina street La feria Real Audiencia (= casa de la Justicia) corral de los Alcaldes various places
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Procession of the transfer of the Catholic Kings’ remains to the royal chapel in Granada (1521)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 26, 2018

Once the work on the Capilla Real had been completed, Emperor Charles V ordered the dean and chapter of Granada Cathedral and the senior chaplain of the capilla real to …

procession AAT response Isabel l (queen) Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) chapter of the capilla real cathedral chapter city council AAT Royal Chancery clergy nobility confraternity of the Saint Charity friars confraternities singers AAT trumpeter AAT drummers AAT convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra (Franciscans) Gomérez gate Nueva (Hatabín) square Zacatín street Bibarrambla square cathedral (third site) royal chapel capilla real. Royal tombs
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Cultual activities in the royal chapel of the convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra in Granada (1505-1521)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 23, 2018

From its first foundation in 1504, the royal chapel was based in the convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra, where the bodies of the Catholic kings were deposited. It …

mass AAT divine office anniversary AAT chapter of the capilla real Bernardino de Figueroa [Osorio] (composer, chapel master, singer, royal chaplain, archbishop) convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra (Franciscans)
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Musicians at the service of Archbishop Diego de Deza (1505-1523)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 21, 2018

The Dominican Diego de Deza was archbishop of the diocese of Seville between 1505 and 1523, establishing his residence in the archbishop's palace. He had several musicians in his service …

mass AAT vespers domestic music making Diego de Deza (archbishop of Sevilla) Rodrigo de Villalobos (chaplain, organist) Francisco de Ajofrín (singer) Antonio de la Peña (chaplain, singer) Alfonso Gutiérrez Lozano (chaplain, singer) Pedro Martínez de Estavillo (chaplain, singer, copyst) Juan de Salcedo (cantor) archbishop's palace cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Choir parish of San Andrés
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Celebration of King Felipe V’s birthday (1704) in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 19, 2018

On the 19th of December 1703, the chapters of the Cathedral and the City Council of Granada joined together to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of King Philip V. After a …

birthday AAT juegos de cañas (mock tournaments fought with bulrushes) mass AAT the pealing of bells artillery salute hawk bells sound cathedral chapter city council AAT Real Maestranza of Granada Felipe V (king) firing squad crowd nobility horses music chapel of the cathedral cathedral of La Encarnación Triumph of Our Lady
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Thanksgiving procession of the survivors of the Magallanes-Elcano expedition in Seville (1522)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 16, 2018

On 8 September 1522, the 18 survivors of the Magallanes-Elcano expedition arrived in the port of Seville, one of them, the Italian nobleman Antonio Pigafetta, chronicler of the expedition, tells …

procession AAT Juan Sebastián Elcano (navigator, explorer) Antonio Pigafetta (explorer) convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (Minim Friars of Saint Francis of Paola) cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Chapel of Santa María de la Antigua Guadalquivir river TGN Muelas dock
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