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Collegiate chuch of Santa María la Mayor (inside). Antequera. Picture by Xavier Bonnefoy-Cudraz
Antequera
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the collegiate church of Antequera (c. 1575)

As occurred in medium-sized towns where there was no cathedral seat, in Antequera (Malaga) the …

May 1, 2023
Choir. Church of Santa María la Mayor in Ronda
Ronda
Printed leaflets of villancicos composed for the church of Santa María la Mayor in Ronda (1692 / 1778)

Printed leaflets of villancicos composed for the church of Santa María la Mayor in Ronda …

April 24, 2023
Title page. <em>Canticum Beatae Mariae </em>. Francisco Guerrero [D-Mbs 2 Mus.pr. 30(7)]
Tegernsee
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Quirinus in Tegernsee (Germany)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Quirinus in Tegernsee (Germany).

April 23, 2023
Convent of Nuestra Señora de Gracia
Granada
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Gracia in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Gracia in Granada.

April 18, 2023

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Census of Francisco Franco (1752, theater musician)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
dramatic music census taking domestic music making Fancisco Franco (theater musician) musician in the theater parish of San Matías
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Census of José Pelagio (1752, theater musician)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
dramatic music census taking domestic music making José Pelagio (theater musician, violinista) musician in the theater church of Santa María Magdalena
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Clarion player of the city

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
civic music census taking heraldic music Juan de la Rosa (clarion player) clarion player church of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias
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Trumpeter of Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
heraldic music trumpeter Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar Julián (trumpeter) Yusuf III or Count of Tendilla palace (Alhambra)
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First organs in the city (1492)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

&nbsp;A Royal Letters Patent, signed by Isabella the Catholic and dated 28 April 1492, tells us of the arrival in Granada of two organs built by the famous Mahoma Mofferiz.

organ women and musical networks project Mofferiz (organ builder, luthier) Isabel l (queen) organ builder Nasrid palaces (Alhambra)
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Singing of the Salve at the monument of the Triumph of Our Lady in Granada on different Marian feasts.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

In 1698, the confraternity of Our Lady of the Triumph established in its rules that a polyphonic salve should be sung in front of the monument erected to the Virgin …

salve mass feast of the Conception of Mary confraternities project Marian confraternities music chapel confraternity of Our Lady of the Triumph Triumph of Our Lady
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Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady to her cousin St. Elizabeth

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
feast of the Visitation of Our Lady to her cousin St. Elizabeth salve shearers' guild shoemakers guild singers wind players Tundidores street
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Salve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
salve shearers' guild shoemakers guild singers Tundidores street
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Singer

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
music education music lessons domestic music making singer palace of Cetti-Meriem or palace of the Infantes
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First Solemn Mass in the royal mosque of the Alhambra (1492)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
mass music chapels of the Catholic Kings organist cathedral (first site)
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