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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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The first reference to the organ in the convent of la Encarnación (1542)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
29-06-2016

The convent of La Encarnación did not have its own church. Its choir overlooked the neighbouring church of San Justo y Pastor and housed the organ, played by the nuns …

organ buying an instrument women and musical networks project Gaspar de Ávalos (archbishop) Isabel de la Cruz y Ávalos (nun, Franciscan) cathedral chapter Aldonza de Jesús (= Aldonza de Mendoza, nun, vicar of the choir, Franciscan) Luisa de Nicuesa (nun, Franciscan) nuns convent of la Encarnación (Franciscans nuns) church of San Justo y Pastor cathedral (third site) archbishop's palace
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Workshop of Juan del Mármol, harpsichord and piano maker

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
27-06-2016

Juan del Mármol fue uno de los constructores de instrumentos de teclado españoles más destacados en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. En su taller, instalado en la sevillana plaza …

harpsichord piano Juan del Mármol (harpsichord and piano maker) Juan Manuel del Mármol (harpsichord and piano maker) Francisco Pérez de Mirabal (harpsichord and piano maker) workshop of Juan del Mármol
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Music chapel of the convent of Santa Isabel la Real (c. 1550)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
25-06-2016

The biographical notes on Sor María de Bobadilla, provided by Fray Alonso de Torres, chronicler of the Franciscan order, bear witness to the music chapel that existed in the convent …

mass liturgical office matins matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus Saint Francis songs (villancicos) Christmas songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) women and musical networks project María de Bobadilla (nun, singer) Catalina de Luzón (nun, singer) music chapel of the convent of Santa Isabel la Real music chapel of the cathedral convent of Santa Isabel la Real (Franciscans)
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Miguel de Cervantes, resident in Santiago neighborhood (1598-1599)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
23-06-2016
renting a house mass Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) church of Santiago
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Praise song for Seville composed by Alfonso Álvarez de Villasandino (c. 1400)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
18-06-2016
songs cantiga Alfonso Álvarez de Villasandino (poet, minstrel) city council casas del cabildo municipal / Corral de los Olmos (old town hall)
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Portrait of Francisco Guerrero, prebendary chapel master at the cathedral of Seville (1599)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
15-06-2016

The Library of the Fundación Lázaro Galdiano holds the portrait of Francisco Guerrero painted by Francisco Pacheco and the corresponding eulogy, which forms part of a group of fifty-six of …

literary portrait / panegyric mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Pedro Guerrero (composer) Cristóbal de Morales (composer, chapel master, singer) Francisco Pacheco (painter, writer) Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Sevilla. Chapel of Santa María de la Antigua cathedral of Sevilla. Choir
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The first reference to the organ in the church of San Pedro and San Pablo (1536)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
13-06-2016
organ repair Gonzalo Gutiérrez (organ builder, organist) church of San Pedro y San Pablo
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Music for the religious services and the recreation of King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1501)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-06-2016
liturgical office mass domestic music making Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) music chapels of the Catholic Kings vihuela player Nasrid palaces (Alhambra)
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Embassy of the Mamluk sultan of Egyp (c. 1260)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
07-06-2016

Between 1260 and 1265 (the historiographical tradition indicates May 1261) the embassy of the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt Baibars I (1260-1277) entered Seville. It must have been spectacular and caused …

heraldic music Alfonso X the Wise trumpeter drum player reales alcázares Mudejar cathedral of Seville. Lagarto nave Sevilla cathedral
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The Cantigas de Santa Maria in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
04-06-2016

In this article we will look at the copying in Seville of some of the Cantigas de Santa María manuscripts, their probable performance in Seville Cathedral and their passage through …

festival domestic music making copying music Alfonso X the Wise copyist minstrels Mudejar cathedral of Seville. Royal Chapel Mudejar cathedral of Seville. Choir Sevilla cathedral reales alcázares
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