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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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Call to prayer by a muezzin

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
24-02-2016
the call to prayer by a muezzin coranic psalmody muezzin mosque Abraen (of Abraham)
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The first reference to the organ in the church of Santa María Magdalena (1544)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
23-02-2016
to tune the organ to play the organ Martín Hernández (organ builder) Francisco Vázquez (organ builder) Alonso de Rioja (organist) church of Santa María Magdalena
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Miguel de Cervantes, resident in San Isidoro neighborhood (1593/1598-1599)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
22-02-2016
mass Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) church of San Isidoro
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Call to prayer by a muezzin

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
20-02-2016
the call to prayer by a muezzin coranic psalmody muezzin mosque Ibn Gimara
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First organ and gregorian chant book library of the convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (1507)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
18-02-2016
music library to play the organ singers organist convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (Observant Franciscans)
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Liturgical activity (1495-1507)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
16-02-2016
mass liturgical office cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral organist cathedral (second site)
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The literary academy at the house of Juan de Arguijo in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
13-02-2016

The house of Juan de Arguijo (1567-1623), poet and musician, located opposite the professed house of the Society of Jesus, was the seat of one of the literary gatherings known …

academy Juan de Arguijo (poet, vihuela player) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) Catalina de la Cerda (Duchess of Lerma, Marchioness of Denia) singer vihuela player Tomás Gutiérrez (actor, company director, innkeeper) house of Juan de Arguijo
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First baptisms in the church of San Gregorio Magno (1500)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
11-02-2016
baptism Yahya ben Brahim al-Fishtali=Fernando Morales (governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses) church of San Gregorio Magno
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Call to prayer by a muezzin

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
11-02-2016
the call to prayer by a muezzin coranic psalmody muezzin mosque al-Shari'a
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Call to prayer by a muezzin

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
10-02-2016
the call to prayer by a muezzin muezzin mosque Guindeyr
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