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Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. <em>Vista Arámburu</em> (Cádiz, c. 1675)
Cádiz
A contract of a group of minstrels with the confraternity of Our Lady of Candelaria in Cádiz (1612)

On 15 February 1612, Francisco del Pozo and Jerónimo de Monardes, brothers of the confraternity …

Feb. 20, 2023
Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria. Granada. View taken from above the Generalife. Alfred Guesdon (1855?)
Granada
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada.

Feb. 19, 2023
Palacio of Huitziméngari
Patzcuaro
Music books of the indigenous governor Antonio Huitziméngari (1559)

On 10 August 1559, the indigenous governor Antonio Huitziméngari acquired a batch of books in …

Feb. 14, 2023
Our Lady of the Aurora. Bernardo de Mora, padre
Granada
Procession of the transfer of the image of Our Lady of the Aurora to the convent of San Gregorio Bético in Granada (1698)

In 1698, the community of minor clerics of the convent of San Gregorio Bético granted …

Feb. 12, 2023

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Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas wind band announcement play mass vespers procession Juan de Arroyo, the Elder (wind player) Juan de Arellano (wind player) Miguel de la Bella (sackbut player) Juan Rodríguez (wind player) Juan de Arroyo the younger (wind player) Jusepe de Florencia (wind player) Pedro Romero (wind player) Félix Ayllón (wind player) Julián Gutiérrez (wind player) university of Granada music chapel of the cathedral music chapel of the capilla real convent of Santa Cruz la Real (Dominicans) colegio real (university of Granada)
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Funeral rites at the University

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
funeral rites university of Granada music chapel of the capilla real colegio real (university of Granada)
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Feast of Saint Nicholas

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

The feast of Saint Nicholas was one of those included in the calendar of annual celebrations at the University of Granada. Documented since at least 1540, the university staff would …

wind band announcement play feast of Saint Nicholas mass vespers procession motet Non est inventus (motet) music chapel of the cathedral music chapel of the capilla real Juan de Arroyo, the Elder (wind player) Juan de Arellano (wind player) Miguel de la Bella (sackbut player) Juan Rodríguez (wind player) Juan de Arroyo the younger (wind player) Jusepe de Florencia (wind player) Pedro Romero (wind player) Félix Ayllón (wind player) Julián Gutiérrez (wind player) university of Granada church of San Nicolás colegio real (university of Granada)
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Feast of Saint Martin

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
mass wind band announcement play The election of a rector of the university of Granada feast of Saint Martin music chapel of the cathedral music chapel of the capilla real Juan de Arroyo, the Elder (wind player) Juan de Arellano (wind player) Miguel de la Bella (sackbut player) Juan Rodríguez (wind player) Juan de Arroyo the younger (wind player) Jusepe de Florencia (wind player) Pedro Romero (wind player) Félix Ayllón (wind player) Julián Gutiérrez (wind player) university of Granada colegio real (university of Granada)
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Songs at the convent of San José

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

The contrafacta or sacred parodies composed and sung by Luisa de San José in the convent of San José in Granada are a good example of the music performed in …

songs women and musical networks project Luisa de San José (= Luisa de Granada Altamirano, nun, Discalced Carmelite) nuns convent of San José (Discalced Carmelites nuns)
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New bells (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
bell Toribio Gómez (bell maker) convent of San Gregorio Bético (Clerics Regular Minor)
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New bell (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
bell Toribio Gómez (bell maker) church of San Cristóbal
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New bell (1535)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
bell Juan Morel (bell maker) church of San Cecilio
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The first reference to the organ in the convent of la Concepción (1620)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

The admission of an organist to the Convent of La Concepción in 1620 provides us with the first record of the existence of an organ in this Franciscan monastery in …

to play the organ women and musical networks project organist nuns convent of la Concepción (Franciscans Tertiary)
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Burial of the nuns of the convent of the Ángel Custodio

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

Fray Tomás Montalvo, biographer of Sister Beatriz María de Jesús, records the news of her burial, as well as that of another nun of the convent of the Ángel Custodio, …

burial funeral rites sermon salve women and musical networks project Beatriz María de Jesús (= Beatriz de Enciso, nun, Franciscan) Jacinta María de Jesús (nun, Franciscan) Rodrigo Marín Rubio (canon, maestrescuela, bishop) nuns Martín de Ascargorta (archbishop) cathedral chapter Royal Chancery nobility citizens convent of the Angel Custodio (Franciscans Recollects of Saint Clare)
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