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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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Sounds in the Battle of La Higueruela (1431)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 9, 2017

On 1 July 1431, the Battle of Higueruela or Sierra Elvira took place near Granada. The skirmishes, retreats and repression of the defeated reached the gates of the city. The …

batlle AAT heraldic music animal sounds diverse noises AAT bustle in the street Te deum laudamus (hymn) procession AAT earthquake AAT procession AAT artillery fire Juan II (king of Castile) Muhammad IX (sultan of Granada) Álvaro de Luna (Constable of Castile) Alonso Pimentel y Enríquez (III Count of Benavente) chaplains AAT soldiers AAT crowd drummers AAT trumpeter AAT knights AAT horses various places
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Villancicos for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Seville Cathedral (villancicos, 1615-1645)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 7, 2017

In 1615, Gonzalo del Campo, canon and archdeacon of Niebla in Seville Cathedral, endowed the matins on the day of the Immaculate Conception, which meant an increase in the ritual …

the Immaculate Conception songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) AAT matins of the feast of Immaculate Conception matins feast of the Conception of Mary AAT Francisco de Santiago (composer, chapel master, Carmelite) Manuel Correa del Campo (composer, alto, prebendary) Diego de Palacios (choirboy, chaplain, magister of poliphony, composer) music chapel of the cathedral Gonzalo del Campo (canon, archdeacon of Niebla, archbishop) cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Choir
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Villancicos of the Immaculate Conception at the collegiate church of El Salvador in Sevilla (1662)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 7, 2017
the Immaculate Conception songs (villancicos) feast of the Conception of Mary AAT matins of the feast of Immaculate Conception matins Christmas song (villancico) AAT Ginés Martínez de Gálvez (chapel master) music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Seville) collegiate church of San Salvador
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The sounds of the Al-Buhayra al-Kubra

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Dec. 5, 2017
domestic music making sound of the water sound of animals Al-Mu'tamid (king of the taifa of Sevilla) Abu Yacub Yusuf (Almohad caliph) Ibn Sahib al-Salat (Almohade chronicler) lute player singer AAT water birds Al-Buhayra al-Kubra (Huerta del Rey)
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The sounds of the Alcázar Genil

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Dec. 3, 2017

The Alcazar Genil (Qasar al-Sayyid or Alcázar del Señor), a royal periurban almunia of Almohad origin, near the hermitage of San Sebastián, was ordered to be built in 1218 by …

domestic music making sound of the water sound of animals naumachia AAT lute player singer AAT water birds alcázar Genil
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Musical evenings in noble halls of Sevilla (c.1770-c-1780)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 30, 2017

A piece of information provided by the English traveller Richard Twiss, referring to his visit to Seville in August 1773, gives us an insight into the musical activity that took …

musical evening domestic music making dances AAT women and musical networks project Francisco Javier Ruiz del Arco y Soldevilla, I marquis of Arco Hermoso María Francisca Alós (Marchioness of Malespina) Richard Twiss (English traveler, writer) ULAN Henry Swinburne (English traveler, writer) ULAN Luisa de Utrera y Prado Sarmiento (Marchioness of Arco Hermoso) Fracisco Gausi Driget (Marquis of Malaspina) palace of Francisco Manuel Ruiz del Arco y Utrera, II marquis of Arco Hermoso
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Musical evenings sponsored by Pablo de Olavide in the halls of the Alcázar in Sevilla (1767-1773)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 28, 2017

The literary, artistic and musical gatherings and concerts organised by Pablo de Olavide at his residence in the Alcázar during his stay in Seville (1767-1773) were probably one of the …

musical evening domestic music making women and musical networks project Pablo de Olavide y Jáuregui (politician and writer) musicians Francisco Fernández de las Peñas Ramírez de Guzmán (veinticuatro of Sevilla) Tomás de Guzmán (veinticuatro of Sevilla) Micaela Josefa Campo de la Vega (Marchioness of Villarubia de Langle) Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos y Ramírez (writer) Fracisco Gausi Driget (Marquis of Malaspina) María Francisca Alós (Marchioness of Malespina) Francisco de Bruna y Ahumada (magistrate of the Real Audiencia of Sevilla) Mariana Villalón Fernando López-Pintado y Medina (2nd Marquis of Torreblanca) Jerónimo de Mendinueta y Múzquiz, (Count of Cimera) José Francisco Bucareli y Ursúa (3 rd Marquis of Vallehermoso) Richard Twiss (English traveler, writer) ULAN reales alcázares ULAN
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An opera for the wedding of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes in Granada (c. 1750)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 26, 2017

In the festivities that were celebrated on the occasion of the marriage of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750), in Granada, the premiere of the “opera” Daño …

weddings AAT zarzuela AAT opera AAT domestic music making women and musical networks project Gabriel Ruiz (jesuit, writer) Princess of Esterclaes, Duchess of the Holy Roman Empire college of San Pablo (jesuits) unknown location
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José [López] Pintado (1741-1819), a Jesuit musician from Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 23, 2017

José [López] Pintado, grandson of Manuel López-Pintado Almonacid, 1st Marquis of Torre Blanca del Aljarafe, was born in Seville on 12 January 1741. He entered the Society of Jesus in …

music education domestic music making José López Pintado (jesuit, musicólogist) Manuel López-Pintado Almonacid (1st Marquis of Torre Blanca del Aljarafe) palace of Manuel López Pintado, I marquis of Torreblanca del Aljarafe casa profesa de la Compañía de Jesús convent of Santa María de los Reyes (Discalzed Dominicans)
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Stage play to celebrate the appointment of Onésimo de Salamanca as archbishop of Granada (1753)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 21, 2017

The plays performed at Jesuit colleges served both an educational and a moralising purpose. In this article, we examine the theatrical performance of the dialogue Io y Mercurio at the …

theatre performance Society of Jesus AAT Gabriel Ruiz (jesuit, writer) students of the college of San Pablo Onésimo Salamanca (archbishop) musicians college of San Pablo (jesuits)
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