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Signature of Isabel Barbosa. AHPV, protocolos notariales, leg. 803, fol. 998r
Valladolid
Schoolgirl musicians at the College of Doncellas Nobles in Valladolid (1596-1600)

The College of the Doncellas Nobles, also referred to as the Colegio de Daza, was …

Aug. 5, 2023
Church of San Martín (Bocaue)
Bocaue
Music and Ritual in the Franciscan Convents and doctrinas of the Province of San Gregorio (1726)

The Estatutos y ordenaciones de la Santa Provincia de San Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de …

July 20, 2023
<em>Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén</em> (1603) [E-PAp Mont. 6.779]
Valencia
First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603)

First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603).

June 27, 2023
<em>Las finezas de Sunamitis</em>
Barcelona
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Jesús María in Barcelona (1750)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Jesús María in …

June 27, 2023

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Census of Pedro de San Martín (singer, 1510)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
census taking domestic music making Pedro de San Martín (singer) parish of San Marcos
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To play the organ

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
to play the organ Francisco de Santa María (monk, organist) organist AAT convent of San Jerónimo de Buenavista (Jeronimites)
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Baptisms of Francisco Peraza II (1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
baptism Francisco Peraza II (composer, organist) church of Omnium Sanctorum
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New organ (c. 1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015
organ AAT Enrique Franco (organ builder) chapter of the capilla real capilla real. Organ stall royal chapel
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New organ (1597)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
organ AAT Enrique Franco (organ builder) Francisco Peraza I (composer, organist) convent of la Santísima Trinidad (Calced Trinitarians)
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Baptism of Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
baptism Francisco Correa de Arauxo (composer, organist) church of San Vicente
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Domestic music at the birthplace of organist Francisco Correa de Arauxo

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015
domestic music making Francisco Correa de Arauxo (composer, organist) Bajondillo street
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Music lessons at the convent of San Leandro in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 11, 2015

Francisco Pacheco, biographer and portraitist of the organist Francisco Peraza (I), provides us with news of two of his outstanding pupils, "las Alcázares", "berberiscas", who were professed as musical nuns …

music lessons organ AAT Francisco Peraza I (composer, organist) Alcázares (nuns, organists) organist AAT convent of San Leandro (Augustinians)
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The soundscape of the Carrera del Darro in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

The chronicler Francisco Henríquez de Jorquera, in his description of Granada's Carrera del Darro, provides us with different elements of its characteristic soundscape, in which the sound of the minstrels …

bullfights AAT juegos de cañas (mock tournaments fought with bulrushes) street music sound of animals carriages sounds bustle in the street sound of the water wind players city council AAT horses carriage crowd water carrera del Darro = carrera de la Puerta de Guadix
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Music of minstrels in the square of the Puerta de Guadix in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 11, 2015

In the neighborhood of the Axares, at the beginning of the 17th century, the space that bordered the Darro River was remodeled to form the Plaza de la Puerta de …

street music wind players city council AAT casa de las Chirimías (shawms)
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