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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 Ommegang parade (1549)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Brussels TGN
Sept. 10, 2019

The Ommegang parade has its roots in the late Middle Ages, linked to the image of Our Lady of the Sablon. On the occasion of the arrival of Carlos V …

Ommegang parade bustle in the street dances AAT street music theatre performance musket salute Felipe II (king) ULAN citizens AAT city council AAT firing squad military drum player drum player of the city fife Carlos V (king) confraternities guilds triumphal chariot horses camel dances bagpiper children priest AAT ministers (deacon and subdeacon) wind players actor-singers Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Zavelkerk (Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon) Grote Zavel square (Large Sablon) Grote Markt (Grand Square) Stadhuis (Town Hall)
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Workshop of Francisco Pérez de Mirabal, harpsichord and piano maker (c. 1727-c. 1773)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Sept. 8, 2019

Francisco Pérez de Mirabal was born c. 1698 in Antequera (Málaga). He kept open his workshop for the construction of harpshicords and pianos in Seville at least between c. 1727-c-1773. …

harpsichord AAT piano AAT musical instrument making Francisco Pérez de Mirabal (harpsichord and piano maker) Juan Manuel Pérez Mirabal (harpsichord and piano maker) Juan del Mármol (harpsichord and piano maker) Manuel Blasco de Nebra (composer, organist) parish of Santa Cruz
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Entry of the Prince Felipe into Milan (1548)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Milan TGN
Sept. 6, 2019

On December 20, 1548, Prince Felipe made his entry into Milan. This event gives an account of the sound elements of his itinerary to the palazzo reale, in which it …

bustle in the street carriages sounds heraldic music sound of animals artillery salute musket salute response ephemeral architecture to play the organ Felipe II (king) ULAN trumpeter AAT horses firing squad soldiers AAT crowd carriage clergy organist AAT music chapel porta Ticinese (1) corso di Porta Ticinese porta Ticinese (2) colonne di San Lorenzo via Torino piazza del Duomo duomo TGN palazzo reale castello Sforzesco
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Short private demonstration of the organ of the Grote of Sint-Bavokerk in Haarlem (1783)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Haarlem TGN
Sept. 4, 2019

In 1783, Antonio Ponz, secretary of the Real Academia de San Fernando, undertook a trip that would last six months in which he would travel through several countries in Europe. …

instrumental concert to play the organ Antonio Ponz (traveler) Christian Müller (organ builder) Johannes Radeker (organist) George Frideric Handel (composer, organist) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer) Henricus Radeker (organist) church of Sint-Bavo (Saint Bavo)
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Wind players in the church of San Andrés in Baeza (1631)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Baeza TGN
Sept. 2, 2019

A lawsuit resulting from a conflict of interests allows us to identify a previously unknown wind-band in the service of the church of San Andrés in Baeza in 1631. The …

mass AAT vespers procession AAT mapping incorporation wind player ensembles Miguel de Robles Mendoza (wind player) Juan Bautista (wind player) Luis Moreno (wind player) José de Escobar (wind player) Ginés García (wind player) Francisco Moreno (wind player) wind players Bartolomé de Navarrete (chapel master) music chapel of the cathedral church of San Andrés
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First organs of Mallorca cathedral (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Palma TGN
Aug. 29, 2019

The oldest extant Llibre de Fàbrica of the Cathedral of Mallorca (1327-1345) provides us some information about the musical activity in this institution. In this event, you will find the …

organ AAT organ repair cathedral chapter Pere Rosellón [= Sabater] (organ builder, organist) cathedral of Santa María
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Italian music for cardinal Portocarrero at the archbishops palace in Toledo

José María Domínguez Rodríguez
Toledo TGN
Aug. 29, 2019

In a letter dated 30 August 1679, the French countess of Aulnoy wrote that cardinal Portocarrero «had brought musicians from Rome whom he paid very well» and described a banquet …

banquet with musical accompaniment instrumental concert domestic music making chamber music Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero (cardinal, archbishop)) Arcangelo Corelli (composer) Madame d'Aulnoy (traveller, writer) archbishops palace
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African drummers in late fifteenth-century Barcelona

Tess Knighton
Barcelona TGN
Aug. 25, 2019

Black musicians – including drummers, trumpeters, wind-players&nbsp;and singers – were active throughout Europe during the&nbsp; fifteenth and sixteenth centuries employed at courts and by civic authorities. Some were slaves; others …

street music traditional songs Miquel Oliva (merchant) Miquel Oliva (merchant) drum players tambourine player black people various places
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Saturday Mass of Our Lady and salve at the cathedral of Santa Ana in Las Palmas

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Las Palmas TGN
Aug. 23, 2019

From the beginning of the 16th century, in the diocese of the Canarias, suffragan of Seville, we find the foundation of two liturgical services that had previously been founded in …

Saturday Mass of Our Lady salve Juan Ruiz (succentor, chapel master, prebendary) Alonso Bivas (canon) choirboys music chapel of the cathedral wind players cathedral of Santa Ana
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Mencía de Requesens is welcomed in 1602

Ascensión Mazuela Anguita
Barcelona TGN
Aug. 22, 2019

The Palau de la Comtessa (Palace of the Countess) in Barcelona was an important setting for social networking and meetings between members of the nobility, royalty, and government in the …

mass of the Conception of Our Lady organ AAT Te deum laudamus (hymn) Mencía de Requesens Zúñiga y Gralla (Marchioness of Los Vélez, Duchess of Benavente) Josep Bordons (organ builder) singers AAT chaplains AAT music chapel organist AAT Palau de la Contessa
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