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Church of Santa Maria di Nazareth
Bernardino de Figueroa (c.1505-1586): from chapel master to archbishop (Barletta)

Bernardino de Figueroa [Osorio] is the only known case of an archbishop who, before being …

Sept. 26, 2023
Choir of the capilla real of Granada
Bernardino de Figueroa (c.1505-1586): from chapel master to archbishop (Granada)

Bernardino de Figueroa [Osorio] is the only known case of an archbishop who, before being …

Sept. 26, 2023
Collegiate church of San Pedro (Soria)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of San Pedro in Soria

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of San Pedro in Soria.

Sept. 24, 2023
<em>Pianta di Napoli</em>. Alessandro Baratta (1629)
Feast and immaculist oath in the church of Gesù Nuovo in Naples (1618)

The celebration of the feast of the Conception of Mary and the immaculist oath in …

Sept. 20, 2023

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The first reference to the organ in the capilla real (1518/1521)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-07-2016

The first reference to the establishment of the post of organist in the Capilla Real of Granada dates from the second endowment of this institution in 1518. Most probably, it …

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque of Masda ibn Damun in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-07-2016

The call to prayer of the muezzin, repeated five times a day, was one of the essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada, to which we can add the …

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The sound of the water and birds in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-07-2016

In 1574, the Feria lagoon was remodelled to turn it into one of the most important recreational areas in the city of Seville. The installation of three fountains and several …

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The sound of water and the bustle of Granada's Plaza Larga

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-07-2016

The sound of water and the hustle and bustle of Granada's Plaza Larga, an urban space that was reorganised and brought to life in the last quarter of the 16th …

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