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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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Luthier’s exam in Granada (1668)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-11-2018

The Archivo Municipal of Granada preserves an extraordinary document that gives us an account of the conflict of interests that must have arisen between the members of the city's luthiers …

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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-11-2018

The Constituciones del Real Colegio de San Bartolomé y Santiago of Granada (1774) set out the bell tolls that regulated collegiate life and the limited use that students could make …

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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-11-2018

In 1502, Francisco de la Torre, singer, chapel master and composer, lived in a house rented by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral. It was a residence of considerable size, with …

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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-10-2018

The space of the Alameda del río Genil, in Granada, was, at least since the 18th century, a recreational space for the citizens, where a second "Casa de las Chirimías" …

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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-10-2018

The&nbsp;Ordenanzas de Sevilla, published in 1527, established that there would be fourteen town criers in the city and precisely regulated the details of the exercise of their profession.

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