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"Coruña". <em>Descripcion de Espana y de las Costas y Puertos de sus Reynos</em>. Pedro Texeira (1634)
Entry, stay and embarkation of Prince Felipe in La Coruña (1554)

On 27 June 1554, Prince Felipe arrived in La Coruña, where he stayed until 13 …

March 4, 2024
"Tiple 1º". <em>Albricias, zagalas</em>. Anónimo. CENIDIM, CSG.010.
Villancicos for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Santísima Trinidad in Puebla: new findings

This article complements that of the "Villancicos compuestos para la ceremonia de profesión de monjas …

Feb. 29, 2024
Convent of Santa Catalina of Ávila
Nuns music and polyphony in the Dominican convent of Santa Catalina in Ávila

The convent of Dominican nuns of Santa Catalina Martyr in the city of Ávila (1486-1836) …

Feb. 24, 2024
Our Lady of Antigua or La Grande Bell. Peeter van den Ghein III and Pauwels van Laere. Malinas (1600). Photography: Fernando Cova del Pino
Apprenticeship contract of a bell ringer at the Cathedral of Las Palmas (1619)

In this article we present the contract or deed, granted on February 4, 1619, in …

Feb. 20, 2024

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Domestic music at the house of vihuela player Luis de Narváez

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

Little more than his origin in Granada and his probable employment in the service of Francisco de los Cobos, secretary to Charles V, before 1526, is what we can say …

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the Aljama mosque of Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the Aljama mosque were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the Aljama mosque of Ibn Adabbas in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The call to prayer by the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the coranic psalmody in the mosque of&nbsp;Ibn Adabbas were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Seville.

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