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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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Votive endowment of Juan García de las Doblas at the chuch of San Isidoro in Seville (1507)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 4, 2019

Votive endowment of Juan García de las Doblas at the chuch of San Isidoro in Seville (1507).

feast of the Incarnation (= Annunciation) mass AAT vespers matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass response the pealing of bells Juan García de las Doblas (fruit seller) priest AAT ministers (deacon and subdeacon) organist AAT preacher bell-ringer church of San Isidoro
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The print of pliegos sueltos (sheets of paper) of villancicos in Granada (1765-1787)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 2, 2019

Each year, the cathedral of Granada printed sheets with the texts of the carols for the Christmas matins. For the period in question, 1765-1787, between 800 and 1000 copies were …

print of books Christmas songs (villancicos) cathedral chapter Alonso de la Puerta (printer) Nicolás Moreno (printer) Antonio de Cea (printer) Joaquín Muñoz (printer) printer Tomás de Peñalosa (chapel master, dulcian player, oboist, horn player) cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Choir
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Trumpets at the service of Diego Colón, Admiral and Viceroy of the Indies (1509)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
March 31, 2019

In 1509, Diego Colón, Admiral and Viceroy of the Indies, hired four trumpeters in Seville to serve him in the new territories conquered by the Castilian crown.

heraldic music Diego Colón (Admiral and Viceroy of the Indies) Alonso de Moriana (trumpet) Sebastián Jiménez (trumpet) Fernando Paz (trumpet) Diego Ortiz II (trumpet) trumpeter AAT casa de Contratación (House of Trade) Guadalquivir river TGN
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Votive endowments of public notaries of Granada (c. 1500)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 30, 2019

The confraternity of public notaries of Granada was one of the first to be organized in the city. This brotherhood celebrated its liturgical services inside the cathedral, at the chapel …

mass AAT response feast of the Assumption of Our Lady vespers matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass salve confraternities project professional confraternities Marian confraternities confraternity of public notaries of Granada students of the Colegio Eclesiástico de San Cecilio ministers (deacon and subdeacon) acolytes AAT priest AAT chapel master succentor singers AAT wind players music chapel of the cathedral organist AAT bell-ringer wind players of the Alhambra cathedral (first site) cathedral (second site) cathedral (third site) cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Chapel of Nuestra Señora de "El Antigua"
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Two Conducts on the Spanish Frontier of Christendom (c. 1270)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
March 24, 2019

The location in the Seville Cathedral archive, in July 2005, of a polyphony fragment from the second half of the 13th century, in which two conductus were copied, allows us …

polyphonic choirbook copying conductus singers AAT cathedral of Santa María de la Sede Mudejar cathedral of Seville. Royal Chapel Mudejar cathedral of Seville. Choir
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New Organ for the chuch of Santa María Magdalena in Granada (1665)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 23, 2019

In 1665, Juan Pérez de Carmona, organ builder, built a new instrument for the church of Santa María Magdalena in Granada.

organ AAT to tune the organ Juan Pérez de Carmona (organ builder) organ builder AAT church of Santa María Magdalena cathedral of Granada. Epistle organ loft cathedral of Granada. Organ loft in the Gospel side cathedral of La Encarnación
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New bells for the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada (1763)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 18, 2019

As a result of the earthquake of 1755, the building of the collegiate church of El Salvador was badly damaged. In 1762, the chapter commissioned José Corona, a master bell …

bell clock AAT José Corona (bell maker, clockmaker) collegiate church of San Salvador chapter collegiate church of San Salvador
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Endowment of two feasts of St. Michael and the Incarnation (= Annunciation) at the church of San Juan de la Palma in Seville.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
March 16, 2019

In 1501, Elena Rodríguez, "of black woman", endowed two feasts in the church of San Juan de la Palma in Seville, one with the dedication to San Miguel and the …

feast of Saint Michael feast of the Incarnation (= Annunciation) mass AAT vespers response women and musical networks project Elena Rodríguez priest AAT bell-ringer organist AAT preacher ministers (deacon and subdeacon) church of San Juan de la Palma
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Wind players in puppetry plays in the city of Granada (1730 / 1789)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 13, 2019

Prohibition of the minstrels of the collegiate church of El Salvador from going to the Casa de Comedias to play in the puppet shows that took place there.

puppetry play Antonio Navarro (composer, chapel master) collegiate church of San Salvador chapter Nicolás Pérez de Castañeda (violin and shawn player) Francisco Garay (dulcian player) Francisco Cuerva (shawn, cornetto and soprano dulcian player) Manuel Eugena (violin, dulcian and oboe player) puppeteer Coliseo / Casa de comedias (theater) collegiate church of San Salvador collegiate church of San Salvador (second location in the church of San Pablo)
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Bells, wind players and firewoks at the feast of San Pedro in Seville (c. 1500-1525)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
March 11, 2019

The ringing of bells in the tower of Seville Cathedral, in line with that of the minstrels and the lighting of the luminaries was a practice that must have been …

feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul illuminations AAT the pealing of bells proclamation of the feast procession AAT bell-ringer wind players drummers AAT tambourine player trumpeter AAT Alonso Hernández Pandrete (wind player) Francisco Vázquez (trumpeter) Francisco de Salinas (trumpeter) Mateo Fernández (cleric, bell-ringer) cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda) Gradas street cathedral of Santa María de la Sede
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