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“Polychoral” performance of Francisco Guerrero’s Pange lingua in Seville Cathedral

The adaptation of Francisco Guerrero’s hymn Pange lingua in Seville Cathedral during the 17th century …

May 25, 2023
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Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén in Granada

May 24, 2023
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Minstrels to accompany the departures of the Viaticum in the church of San Andrés in Madrid

From at least 1630, the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the church of San …

May 23, 2023
Genoa. Génova. <em>Beschreibung vnd Contrafactur der vornembster Stät der Welt</em>, vol. 1, fol. 45v (1582). Georg Braun, Franz Hogenberb
Génova, third stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

Génova, third stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

May 22, 2023

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A party night at the prison of Seville at the end of the 16th century

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The description of a night of revelry in the prison of Seville, at the end of the 16th century, with food, music and sex, shows the laxity of customs in …

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Traditional music in the street and taverns

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Miguel de Cervantes, in&nbsp;El Celoso extremeño, becomes a literary witness to the musical enthusiasm of Seville's black ethnic minority. In this work, he offers us a valuable testimony of their …

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Outdoor concert in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The remodelling in 1574 of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville made it a place for recreation and strolling for the citizens, especially in summer, enlivened by a group of …

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Traditional songs in Saint John's Eve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

At the beginning of his play Lo cierto por lo dudoso, Lope de Vega takes us to the night of San Juan, in the Alameda in Seville, a space that …

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