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<em>A sermon in the Orange Tree Courtyard</em>. José Jiménez Aranda (c. 1876)
Seville
Sermons at the Patio de los Naranjos in Seville Cathedral (c.1400-c.1920)

The sermons preached from the pulpit in the courtyard of the Orange Trees in Seville …

June 18, 2023
Virgen de los Dolores. José de Mora (1671). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiméne
Granada
Confraternities at the Oratory of San Felipe Neri

Confraternities at the Oratory of San Felipe Neri.

June 14, 2023
Northern part of the convent of San Francisco de Valladolid according to the hypothesis of Sáiz Virumbrales and Castro Sánchez (2021).
Valladolid
Christmas Matins and Midnight Mass in the convent of San Francisco de Valladolid (1659)

In his Journal du voyage d'Espagne, François Bertaut de Fréauville, French diplomat and writer, takes …

June 6, 2023
<em>Motecta festorum totius anni</em>. Tomás Luis de Victoria (Roma, 1585)
Valencia
Works by Francisco Guerrero in Valencia cathedral

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Valencia cathedral.

May 28, 2023

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Pious endowments of the painter Pedro Villegas Marmolejo (1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
31-08-2017
requiem mass matins for the dead (= vigil) feast of the Conception of Mary feast of Saint Mary Magdalene chaplaincy of masses to play the organ confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament Pedro Villegas Marmolejo (painter) chaplains organist confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Lorenzo church of San Lorenzo
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The Old Hispanic liturgy in Muslim Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
26-08-2017
mass liturgical office clergy Triana various places
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Feast of Saint Joseph in Carpintería street

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
24-08-2017
feast of Saint Joseph illuminations fireworks carpenters guild wind players crowd Carpintería street
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Celebration of the appointment of Francisco de Solis Folch de Cardona as co-administrator of the archbishopric of Seville (1749)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
21-08-2017

On 4 October 1749, the Society of Jesus celebrated at the College of San Hermenegildo the appointment of Francisco de Solis Folch de Cardona as co-administrator of the archbishopric of …

loa (a short theatrical piece) comedia (secular play) dances contradanza theatre performance dramatic music Francisco de Solis Folch de Cardona (cardinal, archbishop) José de Vargas (jesuit) Pedro Tortolero (engraver, painter) Antonio Polaina Caballero (chapel master, composer) Rafael de Córdoba (jesuit, Metaphysics teacher) dances horn transverse flute player pianist violin player college of San Hermenegildo (Jesuits)
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Inventory of the musical instruments belonging to the Capilla Real (1800)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
18-08-2017
inventory of musical instruments horn clarion double bass oboe cello royal chapel
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Organ of the convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
15-08-2017
organ organ repair Casimiro Torres Jiménez (organ builder) Adolfo Montero Weiss (organ and piano builder) convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Franciscans nuns)
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Polyphony and liturgy in the female convents of Seville (c.1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
13-08-2017

The visit that the cardinal archbishop of Seville, Fernando Niño de Guevara, made to the women's convents of Seville on 1 July 1603, provides us with important information on the …

tierce mass vespers women and musical networks project music chapel of the convent of San Leandro music chapel of the convent of San Clemente music chapel of the convent of Santa Clara music chapel of the convent of Santa María de las Dueñas music chapel of the convent of Santa Paula (Sevilla) Fernando Niño de Guevara (cardinal, archbishop, general inquisitor) singer wind players convent of San Leandro (Augustinians) convent of San Clemente (Cistercians) convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites) convent of Santa María de las Dueñas (Cistercians) convent of Santa Clara (Franciscans) various places
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Organ in the convent of Santa Inés (1770)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-08-2017

The inscription on the organ’s windchest of the convent of Santa Inés tells us that this instrument was built in 1770 by Salvador Pabón y Valdés at the request of …

organ organ repair women and musical networks project Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) Adolfo Montero Weiss (organ and piano builder) Leonor María Maza (nun) convent of Santa Inés (Franciscans)
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Cultual activities of the confraternity of Our Lady of Aid and the Blessed Souls of Purgatory

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
10-08-2017
feast of Our Lady of Aid funeral rites mass vespers requiem mass matins for the dead (= vigil) confraternities project Marian confraternities confraternities of the Souls in Purgatory confraternity of Our Lady of Aid and the Blessed Souls of Purgatory convent of San Benito de la Calzada (Benedictines)
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Endowment of an octave of the Immaculate Conception (1691)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
09-08-2017

On 27 December 1691, Alonso Bernardo de los Ríos, archbishop of Granada, founded an octave dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in the convent of Jesús y María, which was celebrated …

octave of the Immaculate Conception octave Alonso Bernardo de los Ríos (archbishop) music chapel of the cathedral Francisca de la Concepción (nun) convent of Jesús y María (Capuchin Franciscans)
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