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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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Procession to visit the sick organized by the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the parish of San Matías in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 30, 2018

Sensoy elements at the procession to visit the sick organized by the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the parish of San Matías.

Viaticum procession procession AAT To visit to the sick by the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament dances AAT confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the church of San Matías music chapel of the Extravagantes clarion drum player town crier dances church of San Matías parish of San Matías
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Confraternity of Santa Cecilia in the church of San Ildefonso in Seville (1707)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 28, 2018

In the church of San Ildefonso in Seville had its headquarters a confraternity with the invocation of Santa Cecilia, which brought together the organists of the city and the archbishopric …

confraternities project confraternities with avocations to saints professional confraternities closed confraternities José Prieto Montero (organist) organist AAT confraternity of Saint Cecilia church of San Ildefonso church of San Andrés church of Santiago church of San Lorenzo church of San Juan de la Palma church of San Isidoro church of Santa Marina church of Omnium Sanctorum church of Santa Catalina church of San Esteban church of San Bartolomé church of San Nicolás church of San Marcos church of San Martín church of San Gil
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Luthiers and instrument players of the Corpus Christi, Mercy and Blessed Souls of Purgatory confraternity in Granada (XVI and XVII centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 26, 2018

List of the brothers of the confraternity of Corpus Christi, Mercy and Blessed Souls of Purgatory, located in the Corpus Christi hospital in Granada, who were luthiers, organ builders and …

brotherhood membership confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament confraternities of the Souls in Purgatory confraternities with other avocations Alonso de Buitrago (luthier) Juan de Oñate (trumpet, vihuela player, dance teacher) Lázaro de Escalante (luthier) Melchor de Cáliz (luthier) Juan Alcaraz (luthier) Gines de Mula (player) Juan de Córdoba (luthier) Diego Liger de Sanforte (organ builder) Alonso Vega (luthier) Andrés González de Rojas (violero) Cristóbal Ruiz Galván (luthier) luthier AAT player organ builder AAT José Prieto Montero (organist) confraternity of the Corpus Christi of Mercy and Blessed Souls of Purgatory Corpus Christi's hospital
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Chanzoneta de la gitana played at matins on Christmas Eve in the cathedral of Granada in 1610

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 25, 2018

The text of a chanzoneta sung in the Cathedral of Granada, 'al órgano', in 1610, is inserted in a composite volume preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional de España, copied in …

matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus chanzoneta (secular song, see also Christmas song) Luis de Aranda (chapel master, composer) Juan Tornero de Vizcaya (organist, chaplain) singer AAT Pedro de Castro Cabeza de Vaca y Quiñones (archbishop) Pedro González de Mendoza (archbishop) cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Old choir
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Burials of Matías de la Chica in Granada (1701)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 22, 2018

The execution of the will of Matías de la Chica (1701), sacristan of the church of San Andrés in Granada, gives us an insight into his financial situation and the …

burial AAT requiem mass matins for the dead (= vigil) domestic music making Saturday Mass of Our Lady vihuela AAT guitar AAT Matías de la Chica clergy music chapel of the cathedral Matías de la Chica's house church of San Andrés church of San Justo y Pastor
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First testimony of the musical activity in the convent of Santa María de las Dueñas in Seville (c.1293)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 21, 2018

A note in the Libro de Fundaciones y títulos, hecho por mandado de la Abadesa doña Juana Cortés en 1631, tells of the donation of a "book of plainchant" by …

mass AAT vespers gregorian chant choirbook copying donation of books women and musical networks project Isabel Argomedo (abbess, Cistercian nun) religious community of nuns of the convent of Santa María de las Dueñas Order of Cister convent of Santa María de las Dueñas (Cistercians)
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Ordinance and cry of the trade of making strings of vihuelas in Granada (1541)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 19, 2018

The regulation “of the trade of making strings of vihuela”, contained in the Ordenanzas municipales de Granada (1552, reprinted in 1676) -title 116-, is the first printed compilation for this …

announcement AAT ordinance AAT manufacturing and trade of vihuela strings Martín de Páramo (town crier) town crier Bibarrambla square
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Processions with the image of Our Lady of Holy Waters in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 16, 2018

The image of Nuestra Señora de Aguas Santas was kept in a hermitage near Villaverde del Río (Seville). In 1612 it was transferred to the Franciscan convent of Nuestra Señora …

rogation procession procession AAT mass AAT confraternities project Marian confraternities cathedral chapter collegiate church of San Salvador chapter confraternity of Our Lady of Holy Waters singers AAT wind players hospital of las Cinco Llagas = hospital of la Sangre collegiate church of San Salvador Salvador square Francos street Placentines street Gradas street cathedral of Santa María de la Sede convent of San Agustín (augustinians) church of San Marcos
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Harpists of the San Miguel music chapel in Seville (1715)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 14, 2018

The presence of three harpists in the music chapel of the church of San Miguel in Seville in 1715 prompted Pedro Grande, a player of this instrument, to apply for …

change of job Pedro Grande (harpist) José de Magallanes (composer, chapel master) harpist AAT church of San Miguel collegiate church of San Salvador
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Moorish luthier in Granada (1563)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 12, 2018

The Archive of Archivos de Protocolos of Granada has provided us with the name of the only Moorish luthier documented in Granada to date, who was a resident of the …

musical instrument making Juan El Jujari (Moorish luthier) luthier AAT parish of San Juan de los Reyes parish of San Martín
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