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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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Liturgical service at the convent of Los Capuchinos in Seville (1769)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 19, 2019

In 1769, the Seville cathedral chapter ordered the violonists of the music chapel to attend a festivity held at the Capuchin convent on 28 September.

mass AAT vespers music chapel of the cathedral convent of Los Capcuhinos (Santa Justa and Rufina)
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Feast of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 17, 2019

Two of the most important festivities in the festive calendar of Nasrid Granada were the Breaking of the Fast after Ramadan [Eid al-Fitr] and the Passover Sacrifice [Eid al-Adha], in …

bustle in the street street music zambra (Moorish dance) festival of Eid al-Fitr (breaking the fast) festival of the Eid al-Adha (Sacrifice) crowd zambrero (Moorish jongler) dances the Albaicín TGN Alhambra (fortress) TGN various places
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Theatrical performances in Seville (1637-1638)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 15, 2019

Theatrical performances in Seville (1637-1638).

theatre performance Tomás Fernández (company director) Manuel Álvarez Vallejo (company director) actor-singers playhouse of La Montería
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The professional career of multi-instrumentalist José Vidal (1725-1790)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 13, 2019

José Vidal is a good example of the circulation and promotion of musicians among the different musical chapels of the city of Granada, which, in the 18th century, had a …

professional career José Vidal (violin, dulcian and trumpet player) music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Granada) music chapel of the capilla real music chapel of the cathedral collegiate church of San Salvador royal chapel cathedral of La Encarnación
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Cultual activities in the chapel of San José in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 11, 2019

The chapel of San José was linked to the carpenters' guild of Seville and its religious activity was under the tutelage of the collegiate church of El Salvador, in whose …

feast of Saint Joseph feast of the Marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph feast of of Intercession by Saint Joseph septenary to Saint Joseph mass AAT vespers confraternities project guild confraternities confraternities with avocations to saints confraternity of Saint Joseph music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Seville) musicians chapel of San José (= chapel of San José)
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Oratorios for the inauguration of the Pilar Chapel in Granada Cathedral (1785)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 9, 2019

Antonio Jorge y Galbán, archbishop of Granada (1776-1787), a native of Zaragoza, endowed the ornamentation of the Pilar chapel in Granada cathedral. For the chapel's inauguration and dedication ceremony, the …

endowment of a chapel oratorio Antonio Jorge y Galbán (archbishop) Francisco Javier García Fajer (composer, chapel master) Pedro Aranaz (compositor, maestro de capilla) music chapel of the cathedral cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Chapel of the Virgen del Pilar
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Theatrical performance to celebrate the religious profession of Petronila de Santa Teresa in Seville (1751)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 7, 2019

On 28 July 1751, in the convent of Santa Paula in Seville, a theatrical performance took place to celebrate the veiling of Petronila de Santa Teresa, attended by the archbishop …

theatre performance mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun Petronila de Santa Teresa (Jeronimite nun) Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio (archbishop) nuns AAT music chapel of the cathedral convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites)
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Entry and instruction of a castrati choirboy in the cathedral of Granada (1696)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
May 5, 2019

On 7 September 1696, a "caponcico" (castrated) boy entered the college of Seises of the cathedral of Granada, with the obligation to remain in this institution for six years. His …

music education Bartolomé González [Rueda] (choirboy, castrato) Gregorio López de Guevara (chapel master) José de Castro (harpist, teacher of the choirboys) cathedral chapter cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Sala capitular Seises house
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Celebrations for the birth and baptism of Prince John in Seville (1478)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
May 2, 2019

Prince John, the second son of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I and Ferdinand II, was born in the Alcázar of Seville on 30 June 1478. His baptism took place in …

alegrías (games and festivities) procession AAT baptism mass AAT Juan (prince) Isabel l (queen) Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) Pedro González de Mendoza (archbishop) music chapel of the cathedral music chapels of the Catholic Kings Juan de Triana (composer, singer, prebendary) Enrique Tich = Henricus Tik (composer, singer, prebendary) Juan de Urreda (composer, chapel master) Fernando Pérez de Medina (composer, singer) wind players trumpeter AAT reales alcázares ULAN cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Main altar cathedral of Sevilla. Chapel of Bautismo (= of San Antonio) Gradas street
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Prohibition of playing vihuelas to asylees in sacred precincts at the archbishopric of Granada (1572)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 30, 2019

The Constituciones Sinodales del Arzobispado de Granada, celebrated by Archbishop Pedro Guerrero on 14 October 1572 and printed by Hugo de Mena in 1573, forbade the asylum seekers in sacred …

to play the vihuela Pedro Guerrero (archbishop) citizens AAT vihuela player various places
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