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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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Organ teaching in Seville’s domestic space (1647–1649)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 18, 2017

The apprenticeship contract drawn up in 1647 between the organist Pedro de Cátedra Fajardo, a resident of the Seville parish of Santa María Magdalena, and Pedro de León, father of …

teaching AAT music education domestic music making motet Pange lingua (hymn) fabordon Pedro de Cátedra Fajardo (organist, priest) Pedro de León (organista, clergy of minor orders) parish of Santa María Magdalena parish of San Juan de Acre
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Music education and domestic music in Granada (c. 1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 15, 2017

The biographical profile of Adriana del Espíritu Santo offers us an interesting example of the musical education of the young women of the Granada oligarchy and of the parties that …

music education dances AAT domestic music making dances AAT music lessons women and musical networks project Adriana del Espíritu Santo (nun) convent of Jesús y María (Capuchin Franciscans) various places
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Selling music scores and other musical accessories in Seville (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 12, 2017

In Seville in the late 18th century, there was a thriving market for printed music, both local and international, which was apparently run through specialist shops.

selling music scores selling musical accessories simphony AAT chamber music aria Mariano de la Torre (Italian merchant) Ignace Joseph Pleyel (composer) Joseph Haydn (composer) ULAN Jan Ladislav Dussek (compositor) François Devienne (composer) Adalbert Gyrowetz (composer) Franz Xaver Dussek (composer) Mariano de la Torre store
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First juegos de cañas documented in the Christian Granada (1492-1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 10, 2017

The first documented equestrian games in the city of Granada following its conquest were those organised by Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones (1440–1515), 2nd Count of Tendilla and 1st …

juegos de cañas (mock tournaments fought with bulrushes) bustle in the street animal sounds Hieronymus Münzer (humanist) drummers AAT trumpeter AAT wind players Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar Alhambra (fortress) TGN
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Funeral rites held for King Carlos III organized by the Royal Academy of Medicine and other sciences of Sevilla(1789)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 7, 2017

On 13 and 14 February 1789, the Royal Society of Medicine and other sciences of Seville celebrated the funeral rites of Carlos III in the convent of Nuestra Señora de …

funeral rites matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass sermon AAT Royal Academy of Medicine and other sciences of Sevilla music chapel of the cathedral clerics of the veintena chaplains AAT nobility cathedral chapter Order of Calced Mercedarians convent of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Calced Mercedarians)
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Burying a Muslim in the cemetery (maqbara) of Bāb Ilbīra (1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Nov. 5, 2017

The German traveller Hieronymus Münzer, in his Journey through Spain and Portugal (1494-95), gives us an account of the burial ceremony he witnessed on his visit to the Muslim cemetery …

burial AAT coranic psalmody crying AAT professional mourners muslims ULAN cemetery of Bāb Ilbīra
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Buying and selling of instruments between individuals (1792)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Nov. 3, 2017
selling of instruments domestic music making Borceguinería street
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The orchestral hand horns in the cathedral music chapel

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Oct. 29, 2017
buying an instrument horn player music chapel of the cathedral Gregorio Portero (composer, chapel master) Tomás de Peñalosa (chapel master, dulcian player, oboist, horn player) cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Choir
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Public concerts in the bullring of Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 23, 2017

In the second half of the 18th century, the Real Maestranza of Seville organized a series of public concerts in the bullring that seem to fade away with the first …

public concert Real Maestranza de Sevilla Cristóbal de Luna (violinist) Nicolás Núñez (violinist) oboe clarion horn player timpani double bass cello violin player bullring
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Buying and selling of instruments between individuals (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Oct. 21, 2017
selling of instruments buying an instrument domestic music making Molviedro or Nueva de la Laguna street
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