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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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Theatrical performances and polyphony in the convent of La Encarnación in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 7, 2018

An ecclesiastical visit to the convent of La Encarnación in Granada in the 17th century reveals the practice of polyphony and theatrical performances inside this Franciscan monastery.

theatre performance mass AAT vespers women and musical networks project Ana de Jesús (nun) nuns AAT convent of la Encarnación (Franciscans nuns)
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Festivities and salves on the altar of the Virgin of Good Success in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 5, 2018

In 1624, a group of neighbours of the Collegiate Church of El Salvador in Seville paid for the construction of a new outdoor chapel to house the image of the …

salve festival confraternities project Marian confraternities neighbors music chapel confraternity of Our Lady of Good Success Chapel of the Virgin of Good Success
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Baptism of Salvador Pabón y Valdés in the church of San Justo y Pastor in Granada (1737)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 4, 2018

On 11th August 1737, Salvador Pabón y Valdés was baptised in the church of San Justo y Pastor. He was the most prominent member of a dynasty of organ builders …

baptism Tomás Pabón I (organ builder) Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) organ builder AAT church of San Justo y Pastor parish of San Justo y Pastor
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Organs built in Seville by Enrique Franco for private individuals (1597)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 1, 2018

In 1597, the Flemish organ builder Enrique Franco, a neighbour of the parish of Santa María, "in the studio of San Miguel", agreed with Luis García Bonilla to build an …

organ AAT Enrique Franco (organ builder) Luis García Bonilla Luis de Medina college of San Miguel college of las Becas (Jesuits)
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Cantata with violins for the religious profession of Teresa María de Santa Inés in the convent of El Corpus Christi in Granada (1727)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 29, 2018

Cantata with violins for the religious profession of Teresa María de Santa Inés at the convent of Corpus Christi (1727).

religious profession cantata AAT Christmas song (villancico) AAT mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun women and musical networks project Teresa María de Santa Inés (nun) music chapel convent of El Corpus Christi (Augustinians Recollects nuns)
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Annual celebration in the church of Santiago in Granada on the feast of the patron saint.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 27, 2018

On 25 July, the church of Santiago in Granada celebrated the feast day of its patron saint. For its solemnisation, one of the city's music chapels was usually hired.

feast of Saint James proclamation of the feast vespers mass AAT music chapel of the capilla real music chapel of the cathedral music chapel bell-ringer organist AAT church of Santiago
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Domestic music at the house of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 25, 2018

The portrait and biographical profile that the painter Francisco Pacheco makes of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa allows us to get closer to the possible domestic musical environment of his residence …

domestic music making mapping Francisco Guerrero Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa (writer, vihuela player) vihuela player House of Cristóbal Mosquera de Figueroa
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The sounds of the patio de los Arrayanes at the Alhambra in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 23, 2018

The sounds of the patio de los Arrayanes at the Alhambra in Granada.

sound of the water sound of animals water amphibians birds Arrayanes court
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Visit of the Moroccan ambassador to Seville (1766)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 21, 2018

In 1766, the Moroccan embassy headed by Sidi Ahmed El Gazel made a long journey from Algeciras to Madrid to meet with King Carlos III. One of the best documented …

sacred concert dances AAT bullfights AAT sound of animals Sidi Ahmed El Gazel (ambassador of Morocco) cathedral chapter Juan Roldán (organist) José Blasco de Nebra (composer, organist) cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Choir cathedral of Sevilla. Chapel of Santa María de la Antigua reales alcázares ULAN
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Procession of Our Lady of the Sea in Seville (1691)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 17, 2018

Procession organised in 1691 by the confraternity of the Slaves of Our Lady of the Sea, located in the convent of the Espíritu Santo in Seville, with the assistance of …

procession AAT confraternities project Marian confraternities open confraternities confraternity of the Slaves of Our Lady of the Sea music chapel of the cathedral brothers convent of el Espíritu Santo = Los Menores (Regular Minor Clergyman)
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