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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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Pange lingua and Alabado in the convent of Santa Clara in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
03-07-2020

In the remains that have come down to us from the Musical Archive of the Santa Clara convent, currently deposited in the Marqués de Valdecilla Historical Library, in Madrid, we …

Pange lingua (hymn) Alabado mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works hymn nuns convent of Santa Clara (Franciscans)
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Entry of María Alberta de Castro Portugal Borja, Duchess of Béjar in her ducal town (1685)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Béjar
02-07-2020
ephemeral architecture street music fireworks musket salute bustle in the street mass vespers illuminations bullfights procession feast of Corpus Christi masquerade María Alberta de Castro Portugal Borja (Duchess of Béjar) dances crowd clergy music chapel clarion player drum player soldiers El Bosque Bridge over the river Cuerpo de Hombre Gate of the town Mayor square Ducal palace Church of El Salvador Church of Santa María convent of San Francisco Piedad square Mayor street Mansilla street
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Works by Francisco Guerrero in the abbey of Einsiedeln (Suiza)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Einsiedeln
28-06-2020

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the abbey of Einsiedeln (Suiza).

mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero. Liber primus missarum (1565/1566) [G 4870] magnificat Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works misa (music genre) printed works by Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer, antiquarian) Cristóbal de Morales (composer, chapel master, singer) Einsiedeln Abbey
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Blind street singers confraternity in Murcia

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Murcia
26-06-2020

The blind street singers confraternity of Murcia was established in 1588 and continued its existence until well into the 19th century. It had its headquarters in the church of San …

street music traditional songs pliegos de cordel (street ballads) feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary confraternities project Marian confraternities guild confraternities blind street singers confraternity blind street singer Francisco González de Figueroa (poet, blind) Francisco Benedito (bookseller, printer) church of San Pedro various places Francisco Benedito's bookshop palace of Antonio Lucas Celdrán Real Casa de Misericordia
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Guerrero in Barcelona Cathedral

Tess Knighton
Barcelona
21-06-2020

Polyphonic music books are occasionally mentioned as bequests in sixteenth-century wills. This event presents a choirbook with music by Francisco Guerrero bequeathed to the sacristy of Barcelona Cathedral by the …

mapping Francisco Guerrero misa (music genre) printed works by Francisco Guerrero music book inventory Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] clavichord Motteti de la Corona (1526-7) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Andreu Vilanova Jaume Ángel Tàpies Joan Pujol Joan Burgonyó devallada de Santa Eulalia Barcelona cathedral
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Francisco Guerrero and the "“Conversaçiones de Música” at the Juan de Borja's house (Madrid, 1598)

Ferran Escrivà Llorca
Madrid
17-06-2020

Don Juan de Borja y Castro (1533-1606) was one of the most relevant musical patrons in the Iberian world during the second half of the 16th century. His musical activities, …

academy domestic music making Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works motet mapping Francisco Guerrero Rodrigo of Castro Osorio (cardinal, archbishop of Seville) Pietro Cerone (music theorist, singer) Hans Khevenhüller (imperial ambassador) Juan de Borja (ambassador in Portugal and Holy Sacred Empire, Empress María of Spain major steward ) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Tomás Luis de Victoria (composer) Maria of Spain, Maria of Austria, Habsburg (Archduquess, Empress) Felipe II (king) Felipe III (king) Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola (chaplain, writer) Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola (chaplain, writer) Palace of Juan de Borja (next to Descalzas Reales)
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Sacred and instrumental music in the Augustinian evangelization of the Bishopric of Nueva Segovia (1581-1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nueva Segovia
17-06-2020

Between 1581 and 1596, the Augustinian father Diego de Rojas carried out an important pedagogical work in the Philippine provinces of Cagayán, Ilocos and Pangasinán and contributed decisively to the …

music education mass teaching Order of Saint Augustine Diego de Rojas (Augustinian friar) Andrés de Aguirre (Augustinian friar) wind players indigenous shawn player flute player unknown location
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Sacred and instrumental music in the Augustinian evangelization of the Bishopric of Nueva Segovia (1581-1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Lingayén
17-06-2020

Between 1581 and 1596, the Augustinian father Diego de Rojas carried out an important pedagogical work in the Philippine provinces of Cagayán, Ilocos and Pangasinán and contributed decisively to the …

teaching music education mass Order of Saint Augustine Diego de Rojas (Augustinian friar) Andrés de Aguirre (Augustinian friar) indigenous wind players flute player shawn player church of Los Tres Reyes
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Sacred and instrumental music in the Augustinian evangelization of the Bishopric of Nueva Segovia (1581-1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Balaoan
17-06-2020

Between 1581 and 1596, the Augustinian father Diego de Rojas carried out an important pedagogical work in the Philippine provinces of Cagayán, Ilocos and Pangasinán and contributed decisively to the …

teaching music education mass Order of Saint Augustine Diego de Rojas (Augustinian friar) Andrés de Aguirre (Augustinian friar) indigenous wind players flute player shawn player chuch of San Nicolás Tolentino
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Works by Francisco Guerrero in the cathedral of Barbastro (Huesca)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Barbastro
12-06-2020

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the cathedral of Barbastro (Huesca).

mapping Francisco Guerrero printed works by Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] Francisco Guerrero. Canciones y villanescas espirituales (1589) [G 4876] secular Spanish works misa (music genre) madrigal Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Pedro Guerrero (composer) Barbastro cathedral
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