Historical soundscapes (c.1200

The Atarazanas (Shipyards) of Seville were the city's most important "artisan" complex and its main source of noise pollution from the 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. …

craft work comercial activity bustle in the street mass vespers feast of Saint George noise pollution the pealing of bells water shopkeepers metalworkers woodworkers citizens horses cart confraternity of the Hospitality of the Most Holy Charity of Our Lord Jesus Christ atarazanas reales

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City trumpeters and kettledrummers in Granada (1555-1613)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

21-01-2019

The first record of a group of trumpeters and atabales in the service of the municipal council of Granada dates from 1555. In the following years, the number of trumpeters …

heraldic music festival street music military music announcement feast of the Taking of Granada feast of Corpus Christi civic celebration for a royal birth feast of Saint James bullfights juegos de cañas (mock tournaments fought with bulrushes) Juan de Oñate (trumpet, vihuela player, dance teacher) Alonso Martín(ez) (trumpeter) Pedro González de Vera (trumpeter) trumpeter drum player Alonso Martín(ez) (trumpeter) Juan Ramírez (trumpeter) Ramírez, the Elder (trumpeter) Sebastián el Zogonbi (kettledrummer) Antonio de Navarrete (trumpeter) Francisco Hernández (trumpeter) Alonso Hernández (trumpeter) Gonzalo Martín (trumpeter) drum players fife Juan Pérez Borgoñón (fife) Melchor Hernández (kettledrummer) Lorenzo Hernández (kettledrummer) Luis Zogonbi (kettledrummer) madrasah Yusufiyya / Casas del cabildo municipal ( old town hall) parish of Santa María Magdalena various places

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Music and theatrical performances in the convento of Santa Paula in Sevilla (16th century)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

20-01-2019

Various provisions from the General Chapter of the Hieronymite order show the continued presence of musical nuns in the convent of Santa Paula in Seville during the 16th century, as …

theatre performance mass vespers women and musical networks project nuns music chapel of the convent of Santa Paula (Sevilla) actor-singers Hieronymite order nuns convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites)

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Villancicos for the festivities of Christmas, Corpus Christi and Saint James at the convent of La Madre de Dios in Granada (1665)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

17-01-2019

A document preserved in the Archivo Histórico Nacional shows the performance of villancicos on the feasts of Christmas, Corpus Christi and Saint James at the convent of La Madre de …

Christmas songs (villancicos) Corpus Christi songs (villancicos) Saint James songs (villancicos) matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus feast of Corpus Christi feast of Saint James music chapel of the convent of La Madre de Dios convent of la Madre de Dios (comendadoras of the Military Order of Santiago)

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Fernando de Magallanes in Sevilla (1517-1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

14-01-2019

In this article we retrace the biographical trajectory of Fernando de Magallanes from his arrival in the city of Seville on 20 October 1517 until he set sail on 10 …

domestic music making weddings mass Fernando de Magallanes (navigator, explorer) Diego Barbosa (teniente de alcalde de los alcázares y atarazanas reales) Jorge de Portugal (alcalde de los alcázares y atarazanas reales) Isabel Enríquez (Marchioness of Montemayor) reales alcázares count of Gelves palace (1) marquis of Montemayor palace Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca house church of Santa Cruz

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Luthiers family in Granada (c.1550-c.1650)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

12-01-2019

Several notarial records in Granada allow us to trace a dynasty of luthiers established in the city over three generations.

musical instrument making Miguel Rodríguez I (luthier) Miguel Rodríguez II (luthier) Francisco Rodríguez (luthier) Juan Rodríguez (luthier) Gonzalo Rodríguez (¿luthier?) Cisclos de Madrid (luthier) luthier parish of El Sagrario

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Apprenticeship contract with the luthier Miguel Rodríguez in Granada (1574-1578)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

07-01-2019

In 1574, Pedro Díaz entered as an apprentice in the workshop of the luthier Miguel Rodríguez in the city of Granada, specifying in the contract that his apprenticeship would last …

Apprenticeship contract musical instrument making Miguel Rodríguez I (luthier) Pedro Díaz (violero) luthier unknown location

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Funeral rites held for Francisco de la Torre at the Seville Cathedral (1507)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

05-01-2019

The plague epidemic that devastated Seville in 1507 ended the life of the composer Francisco de la Torre. His funeral honors were celebrated in the cathedral of Seville in March …

funeral rites matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass Francisco de la Torre (composer, magister puerorum, singer, prebendary) clerics of the veintena bell-ringer Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Seville. Crossing

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Procession to visit the sick organized by the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the parish of San Justo y Pastor in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Granada

04-01-2019

Sensory elements at the procession to visit the sick organized by the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the parish of San Justo y Pastor in Granada.

Viaticum procession procession To visit to the sick by the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Justo y Pastor music chapel of the Extravagantes church of San Justo y Pastor parish of San Justo y Pastor

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The closing of the cathedral’s dome in Seville (1517)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Seville

01-01-2019

In November 1517, the reconstruction of the dome of the cathedral of Seville, which had been carried out by Juan Gil de Hontañón, was completed. To celebrate this event, a …

mass procession music chapel of the cathedral wind players drum player tambourine player trumpeter Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Seville. Crossing cathedral of Sevilla. Chapel of Santa María de la Antigua

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