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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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Proclamation of King Luis I in Granada (1724)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 14, 2018

The royal proclamations were one of the most important festive events in which the commitment between the royal power and the people and local institutions was staged, dressed up in …

royal proclamation pyrotechnic devices AAT illuminations AAT the pealing of bells heraldic music street music bustle in the street city council AAT Luis I (king) trumpeter AAT drummers AAT clarion oboe Egas Salvador Venegas de Córdoba Villegas (third Count of Luque) horses military regiment of Andalucía military regiment of Dragones de Pavía military regiment of Granaderos carriage artillery AAT crowd Lonja square madrasah Yusufiyya / Casas del cabildo municipal ( old town hall) Bibarrambla square Alhambra (fortress) TGN Zacatín street Nueva (Hatabín) square Hospitales street Cárcel street casa de los Miradores Royal Audiencia and Chancillería Colegios street Especieros steet Pescadería street Capuchinas street
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Inauguration of the academic activities in the Schools of la Purísima in Seville (1765)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 11, 2018

On 6 May 1765, the inauguration of the Escuelas de la Purísima, next to the church of San Luis de los Franceses, took place, where a solemn mass was celebrated …

mass AAT procession AAT children music chapel noviciado de San Luis (Escuelas de primeras letras = Escuelas de la Purísima) church of San Luis de los Franceses various places
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Cantor of the cathedral invited to the feast of San Jerónimo at the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Seville (1615)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 9, 2018

In 1615, the nuns of the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Seville sent a request to the cathedral to send them a contralto singer for the feast of …

feast of Saint Jerome mass AAT vespers women and musical networks project Manuel Correa del Campo (composer, alto, prebendary) nuns AAT convent of Santa María de Jesús (nuns of the Order of Saint Clare)
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Sale of vihuela strings in Granada (1542)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 7, 2018

A notarial protocol from Granada shows that the guild of masters of vihuela string making exported part of its artisan production to other parts of the Crown of Castile in …

sale of vihuela strings Juan de Miranda Almendras (vihuela strings maker) Fabián Maroto (merchant) vihuela string manufacturer parish of Santiago
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Burial of Luis de Alcázar in Seville (1613)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 6, 2018

Francisco Pacheco, painter and writer, includes the Jesuit theologian Luis de Alcázar in his Libro de descripción de verdaderos retratos de ilustres y memorables varones (Book of descriptions of true …

burial AAT Luis de Alcázar (Jesuit theologian) music chapel of the cathedral casa profesa de la Compañía de Jesús
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The Comedy Inn in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 2, 2018

On Carpintería Street, behind the Coliseum -opened in 1593- was the "mesón de Comedias", which housed the actors who performed in the aforementioned stage, both owned by the municipal council.

songs AAT actor-singers Carpintería street
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First regulation of bell tolling in the cathedral of Seville (1373)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 30, 2018

The earliest known arrangement of the ringing of the bells of Seville Cathedral dates from 1373. This record gives an account of the two bell towers that this institution had: …

the pealing of bells burial AAT bell-ringer Luis González de Villapadierna (treasurer of the cathedral) Bienvenido, don cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda) San Miguel tower (= Aceite's tower)
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Religious profession of musician nuns at the convent of Santa Paula in Seville (1624)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 25, 2018

&nbsp;In 1624, Manuel Sarmiento Mendoza, visitor of the women's convents in Seville, reported to the cathedral chapter that the convent of Santa Paula said that it was very short of …

religious profession women and musical networks project nuns AAT Manuel Sarmiento de Mendoza (canon) convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites)
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Religious profession of musician nuns at the convent of San Clemente in Seville (1624)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 23, 2018

In 1624, Manuel Sarmiento Mendoza, visitor of the female convents of Seville, granted permission for the profession of two musicians nuns in the convent of San Clemente, one without a …

religious profession women and musical networks project nuns AAT Manuel Sarmiento de Mendoza (canon) convent of San Clemente (Cistercians)
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Sale of an organ from the cathedral of Granada to the Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego (1745)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Sept. 19, 2018

In 1745, the Cathedral sold the Epistle organ, built in 1674 by the Valencian organ builders Miguel and Francisco Llop, to the Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego. …

organ AAT Miguel Llop (organ builder) Francisco LLop (organ builder) convent of San Antonio y San Diego (Discalced Franciscans)
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