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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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Antón López, bell maker in Seville (1408)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 17, 2018

The bell maker Antón López, a resident of Seville, combined this profession with that of artilleryman. His activity in the city and towns of the Archdiocese of Seville is documented …

bell Antón López (maestro de hacer campanas, cannon maker) bell-ringer cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda) San Miguel tower (= Aceite's tower)
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Profession of musical nuns in the convent of the Vírgines Santa Justa y Rufina in Seville (1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 13, 2018

The admission to the convent of the Virgins Santa Justa and Rufina of the daughters of Diego López as musical nuns in 1600 allows us to extend the list of …

religious profession women and musical networks project nuns AAT convent of de Santa Justa y Santa Rufina (= de las Vírgenes, Conceptionist Franciscans)
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Alfonso Domínguez and Bernardo Pérez, bell makers in Seville (1384)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 10, 2018

In 1384, Alfonso Domínguez and Bernardo Pérez had their bell-making workshops in the parish of San Vicente in Seville.

bell Alfonso Domínguez (bell maker) Bernardo Pérez (bell maker) bell-ringer parish of San Vicente
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First organ in the church of San Cecilio in Granada (1767-1768)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Sept. 7, 2018

The first documented organ in the church of San Cecilio in Granada was built in 1768, making it the most recent addition to the city's parishes that we know of. …

organ AAT Juan Saquero (organist, acolyte) Mateo Saquero (organist, sacristan) Francisco Saquero (organist, acolyte) church of San Cecilio
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Trumpeter of the archbishop of Seville (1384)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 5, 2018

In the Sevillian census of 1384 we can document the earliest record of a trumpet in the service of the archbishop of Seville, in this case Pedro Gómez Barroso, who …

census taking heraldic music trumpeter AAT Pedro González Barroso (archbishop) parish of San Salvador
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Organ of the collegiate church of El Sacromonte in Granada (1878-1879)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Sept. 3, 2018

The last of the organs in the Collegiate Church of Sacromonte was built between 1878 and 1879 by Pedro Roqués and sons, according to the porcelain plaque on the console.

organ AAT organ repair Pedro Roqués (organ builder) Amezúa & Cia. (organ builders) Luis Val Macho (organ builder) Francisco Alonso Suárez (organ builder) collegiate church of el Sacromonte
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Fountain of the hospital of Los Venerables Sacerdotes in Seville (1683)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 31, 2018

In 1683, a fountain designed by Bernardo Simón de Pineda and carved by the master stonemason Francisco Rodríguez Escalona was placed in the centre of the courtyard of the Hospital …

sound of the water water hospital of Los Venerables Sacerdotes
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Hiring of an independent musical ensemble for the carnestolendas (Carnival) in Granada (1625)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Aug. 29, 2018

In 1625, the Congregation of the Servants of the Sovereign Spirit hired an independent musical ensemble for the celebration of the Feast of the Forty Hours. Juan Fernández was the …

sacred concert confraternities project confraternities with other avocations recruitment of musicians carnival AAT Forty Hours devotion confraternity of the Holy Spirit of the Society of Jesus Juan Fernández (instrumentalist) vihuela player viol-player harpist AAT singers AAT college of San Pablo (jesuits)
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A music instrument teacher in 14th century Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 28, 2018

A music instrument teacher in 14th century Seville.

music lessons domestic music making Manuel Martínez (music instrument teacher) player barrio de Castellanos
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Missale secundum usum alme ecclesie hyspalensis (c. 1498)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 24, 2018

The location of a series of Seville missals printed before 1498, in a visit to churches of the Order of Santiago in Extremadura, has allowed adding a new exemplar to …

print of books Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (archbishop, cardinal) cathedral chapter Estanislao Polono (publishing printer) Meinardo Ungut (publishing printer) Jacome Cromberger (publishing printer, bookseller) Meinardo Ungut's house cathedral of Santa María de la Sede
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