Historical soundscapes (c.1200

Since its inception in 1592, the founders of the convent of La Concepción in Mérida (Badajoz) demonstrated their concern and commitment that the nuns who professed in this Franciscan monastery had a …

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Confraternities at the church of Santa María de la O (Sagrario)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

10-03-2021

Confraternities at the church of Santa María de la O (Sagrario).

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Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Bibliothèque National de France

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Paris

09-03-2021

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Bibliothèque National de France.

mapping Francisco Guerrero printed works by Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero. Liber primus missarum (1565/1566) [G 4870] Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] Miguel de Fuenllana. Orphenica lyra [1554-22] Sacrarum Symphoniarum [B/I 1600-2] Francisco Guerrero. El viaje de Jerusalén Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Gaetano Gaspari (composer, bibliographer) Bibliothèque National de France. Richelieu site Bibliothèque National de France. Tolbiac site

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First testimonies about the wind players in Palencia cathedral (1553-1569)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Palencia

07-03-2021

First testimonies about the wind players in Palencia cathedral (1553-1569).

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Bullfights and juegos de cañas at the Plaza Mayor in Valladolid (1592)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Valladolid

06-03-2021

On July 11, 1592, on the occasion of the visit of Felipe II to Valladolid, the city entertained the monarch with bullfights and juegos de cañas that took place in …

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Trumpets in the service of Francisco de Montejo, governor of Yucatán (1527)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Mérida

03-03-2021

The trumpets Gaspar Vallés, Juan Alonso, and Pedro Fernández participated in the enterprise of the conquest of Yucatán (Mexico), carried out by Francisco Montejo.

street music heraldic music Francisco de Montejo, el Adelantado (governor of Yucatán) Francisco de Montejo, el Mozo Gaspar Vallés (trumpet) Juan Alonso (trumpeter) Pedro Fernández (trumpet) trumpets Montejo house

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Villancicos (secular songs) for Christmas Matins in the Santa Capilla of the church of San Andrés in Jaén (1695)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Jaén

25-02-2021

The location of a printed sheet from 1695 allows us to know the texts of the villancicos (secular songs) composed by the chapelmaster Juan Benito López Contreras to be sung …

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Trumpets in the service of Francisco de Montejo, adelantado and governor of Yucatán (1527)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Santa María de la Victoria

21-02-2021

The trumpets Gaspar Vallés, Juan Alonso, and Pedro Fernández participated in the enterprise of the conquest of Yucatán (Mexico), carried out by Francisco Montejo.

street music heraldic music Francisco de Montejo, el Adelantado (governor of Yucatán) Francisco de Montejo, el Mozo Gaspar Vallés (trumpet) Juan Alonso (trumpet) Pedro Fernández (trumpet) trumpets unknown location

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Instruments for the Porta Coeli convent in Valladolid (1618)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Valladolid

21-02-2021

In 1618, Rodrigo Calderón, 1st Marquis of Siete Iglesias, patron of the Porta Coeli convent in Valladolid, commissioned the purchase of flutes and cornettos from Fray Diego de la Fuente, …

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Confraternities at the Hospital of Corpus Christi

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

20-02-2021

Confraternities at the Hospital of Corpus Christi.

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