Historical soundscapes (c.1200

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 …

traditional songs traditional dances meal prisoners Cristóbal de Chaves (writer) public royal prison

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Soundscape in the prison for women

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

12-07-2015

The testimony of Cristóbal de Chaves, in his Relación de las cosas de las cárcel de Sevilla y su trato, brings us closer to the sounds of popular music that …

traditional songs traditional dances women and musical networks project prisoners guitar player rattle player tejoleta player (piece of clay) adufe player (square tambourine) Cristóbal de Chaves (writer) Pedro de León (jesuit, writer) public royal prison

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Prison soundscape

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

12-07-2015

traditional songs litany salve prisoners vihuela player tambourine player musician in the theater Cristóbal de Chaves (writer) Pedro de León (jesuit, writer) public royal prison

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Traditional music in the street and taverns

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

12-07-2015

Miguel de Cervantes, in 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 …

traditional songs traditional dances guitar player Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) various places

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Traditional music of the Sevillian black ethnic community

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

12-07-2015

traditional songs chacona (dance) traditional dances paracumbé (dance) ye-ye (dance) zambapalo (dance) sarabande (dance) zarambeque or zumbé (dance) black people Juan de Valladolid (gentlment usher, foreman of black people) frame drum player rattle player guitar player Lope de Vega (writer) Santa María la Blanca square

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Outdoor concert in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

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 …

instrumental concert street music instrumentalists citizens wind players city council alameda de Hércules

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Traditional songs in Saint John's Eve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

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 …

traditional songs traditional dances Lope de Vega (writer) mulatto frame drum player rattle player guitar player voices alameda de Hércules

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Funeral procession and funeral rites of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar (1515)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

12-07-2015

On 20 July 1515, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Mondéjar and 2nd Count of Tendilla (1440-1515), died in the Alhambra at the age of 74. His mortal remains …

funeral rites funeral procession the pealing of bells crying Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar soldiers clergy citizens trumpets trumpeters of the Alhambra drum player convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra (Franciscans) Yusuf III or Count of Tendilla palace (Alhambra)

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Meal (1420)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

12-07-2015

meal city council minstrels casas del cabildo municipal / Corral de los Olmos (old town hall)

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Announcement of the take of Malaga (1487)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

12-07-2015

announcement city council town crier drum player trumpeter Gradas street Alfalfa square San Francisco square

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