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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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The sounds of the Adarve garden in the Alhambra in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 15, 2018

The sounds of the Adarve garden in the Alhambra in Granada.

sound of the water sound of animals clock AAT the pealing of bells water birds clock bell-ringer Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza, Fifth Marquis of Mondéjar Adarve garden
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Domestic music at the house of the humanist Diego López de Cortegana in Seville (1455-1524)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 13, 2018

Diego López de Cortegana (1455-1524), canon of Seville cathedral and archdeacon of Seville, was one of the most prominent humanists of this institution and one of the first disseminators of …

domestic music making Diego López de Cortegana (canon, archdeacon of Sevilla, secretary of the Holy Inquisition) vihuela player castle of San Jorge unknown location
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Procession of prayers for the cessation of rain and the tolling of a storm prayer in Seville (1684)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 9, 2018

On 6 February 1684, a procession of prayers for the cessation of rain took place in Seville Cathedral to the top of the Giralda, accompanied by the codified tolling of …

litany AAT Pange lingua (hymn) the pealing of bells rogation procession cathedral chapter chaplains AAT clerics of the veintena music chapel of the cathedral bell-ringer cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Main altar cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda)
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Vihuela, trumpet and dance lessons in Granada (1560)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 7, 2018

In 1560, the trumpet player Pedro de Úbeda apprenticed his twelve-year-old son Antonio to the trumpet player Juan de Oñate, who taught him to dance, play the vihuela and play …

music lessons music education domestic music making Apprenticeship contract Juan de Oñate (trumpet, vihuela player, dance teacher) Pedro de Úbeda (trumpet) Antonio de Úbeda (trumpet, vihuela player) Luis Hurtado de Mendoza y Pacheco, Third Count of Tendilla, Second Marquis of Mondéjar unknown location Yusuf III or Count of Tendilla palace (Alhambra)
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Procession of the brotherhood of the Blessed Sacrament in the octave of Corpus Christi in Triana (Seville)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 5, 2018

Since the 16th century, the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament of the church of Santa Ana, in Triana, organized the Corpus Christi procession on the octave of the feast. The …

octave of Corpus Christi procession AAT dances AAT fireworks AAT general procession confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament music chapel wind players music chapel of the church of Santa Ana (Seville) dances giants tarasca (dragon) confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of Santa Ana church of Santa Ana Confesos street Santo Domingo street the Altozano Larga street
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The loan of organs between the ecclesiastical institutions of Seville (1788)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 3, 2018

A chapter agreement of the Cathedral of Seville, dated 17th November 1788, provides us with information on the loan of organs between sacred institutions in the city.

organ AAT feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary cathedral chapter hospital of Los Venerables Sacerdotes church of Santa Cruz cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Choir
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Salve in the atrium of Inquisitorial houses in Granada (1764)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 1, 2018

On 15 July 1764, in the atrium of the Inquisition Houses, the promotion of Bernardo Antonio Calderón, judge of goods at the Tribunal of the Inquisition of Granada, to the …

salve fireworks AAT the pealing of bells sacred concert Bernardo Antonio Calderón (bishop of Osma) bell-ringer music chapel Tribunal of the Inquisition houses of the Inquisition church of Santiago
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Endowment of the Feast of Corpus Christi and a procession in the convent of La Madre de Dios in Seville (1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 30, 2018

On 22 February 1687, Captain Andrés Bandorne endowed the convent of La Madre de Dios (Dominican nuns) with the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi and a procession around …

feast of Corpus Christi mass AAT vespers compline mass for the octave of the Corpus Christi procession AAT fireworks AAT dances AAT announcement AAT Andrés Bandorne (captain) singers AAT wind players music chapel of the cathedral dances town crier clarion tambourine player children giants convent of La Madre de Dios (Dominican nuns)
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Sounds of water in the fountain of Carlos V of the Alhambra in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 27, 2018

&nbsp;The fountain of Charles V, located in the gardens of the Alhambra, is the most notable example of this type of fountain preserved in Granada. It was built in 1545 …

sound of the water sound of animals water Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza, Fourth Count of Tendilla, Third Marquis of Mondéjar pilar de Carlos V
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Funeral rites of Archbishop Alonso Marcos de Llanes Argüelles at the convent of El Santo Ángel in Seville (1795)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 25, 2018

Archbishop Alonso Marcos de Llanes Argüelles died in Seville on 7 January 1795, and was buried in the crypt of the church of El Sagrario. On 28 March 1795, his …

funeral rites music chapel of the cathedral choirboys Bartolome Polo (tenor, priest, music chapel agent) Alonso Marcos de Llanes Argüelles (archbishop) convent-college of Santo Ángel (Discalced carmelites)
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