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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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Domestic music in the house of Lesmes de Miranda (1561)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Santa Cruz de la Palma TGN
Feb. 10, 2020
teaching AAT domestic music making Juan Méndez Nieto (doctor, harp player, singer) Lesmes de Miranda (merchant) dance teacher unknown location
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The first references to the organ in the cathedral of Orense

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Orense TGN
Feb. 8, 2020
organ AAT organ repair to tune the organ maese Pedro (organist, organ builder) cathedral chapter organ builder AAT organist AAT maese Pedro (organist, organ builder) cathedral of San Martín
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Traditional music of the black ethnic community from Lima (1563)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Lima TGN
Feb. 4, 2020

In 1563, due to the complaints of the residents of Lima, the city council decided that black people could not do their dances with drums anywhere in the city, limiting …

street music traditional songs traditional dances AAT black people city council AAT various places Armas square (= Mayor) Inquisicion square
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Dance teacher in Lima (1613)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Lima TGN
Feb. 3, 2020

The Padrón de los indios carried out in the city of Lima in 1613 provides us with the news of a dance teacher who lived in the block of the …

dances AAT dance lessons sarabande (dance) chacona (dance) zambapalo (dance) Puerto Rico (danse) churumba (danza) taparque (danza) totarque (danza) Juan de Sanzoles (dance teacher) dance teacher Mateo Rosas de Oquendo (writer) cuadra del Tambo de Hinojosa
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Indian luthiers in Lima (1613)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Lima TGN
Feb. 1, 2020

The Padrón de los indios carried out in the city of Lima in 1613 allows us to know the Indian violeros that were at that time in the city, as …

musical instrument making luthier AAT Francisco Tufino (luthier) Pascual Ynga (luthier) Juan Tomás (luthier) Juan de los Reyes (luthier) Juan Tufino, el Mozo (luthier) Juan (luthier) Juan de Aguilar (luthier) Juan Poma (luthier) Cuadra de la Merced (after, Jesús Nazareno street) Old Coca street Recoleta square
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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in different convents in Zaragoza

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Zaragoza TGN
Jan. 30, 2020

This event is devoted to a series of poems by Vicente Sánchez and villancicos (sacred songs) composed by José Ruiz Samaniego for the profession of nuns in various convents in …

religious profession Christmas song (villancico) AAT mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun nuns AAT Order of canoness of de Holy Sepulchre Order of Calced Carmelites nuns Order of Discalced Carmelites nuns AAT Order of Dominicans nuns Order of Franciscans nuns AAT Order of Cister Order of Saint Ursula music chapel music chapel of the cathedral José Ruiz Samaniego (composer, chapel master) convent of Santa Lucías (Cistercian nuns, bernardas) convent of San Jose (Discalzed Carmelites) convent of Santa Teresa de Jesús, las Fecetas (Discalzed Carmelites) convent of Jerusalén (Franciscans nuns) convent of Santa Inés (Dominican nuns) convent of Santa Fe (Dominican nuns) convent of the Resurrección del Santo Sepulcro (canoness of de Holy Sepulchre) college of Las Vírgenes (Order of St. Ursula)
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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Santa Lucía in Zaragoza (1691-1715)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Zaragoza TGN
Jan. 28, 2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession nuns in the convent of Santa Lucía in …

religious profession Christmas song (villancico) AAT cantata AAT mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun nuns AAT Order of Cister music chapel convent of Santa Lucías (Cistercian nuns, bernardas)
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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Capuchinas in Zaragoza (1698)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Zaragoza TGN
Jan. 25, 2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession nuns in the convent of Capuchinas in Zaragoza …

religious profession Christmas song (villancico) AAT mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun nuns AAT Order of Capuchinesses music chapel convent of Las Capuchinas
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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Santo Sepulcro in Zaragoza (1692-1701)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Zaragoza TGN
Jan. 24, 2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession of canoness of de Holy Sepulchre in the …

religious profession Christmas song (villancico) AAT mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun nuns AAT Order of canoness of de Holy Sepulchre music chapel convent of the Resurrección del Santo Sepulcro (canoness of de Holy Sepulchre)
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Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of Santa Inés in Zaragoza (1698-1718)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Zaragoza TGN
Jan. 20, 2020

This event is devoted to the extant printed texts that were written for villancicos (sacred songs) composed for the ceremony of profession of Dominicans nuns in the convent of Santa …

religious profession Christmas song (villancico) AAT cantata AAT mapping villancicos for the religious profession of a nun nuns AAT Order of Dominicans nuns music chapel convent of Santa Inés (Dominican nuns)
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