Historical soundscapes (c.1200 – c.1800)

A party night at the prison of Seville at the end of the 16th century

The description of a night of revelry in the prison of Seville, at the end of the 16th century, with food, music and sex, shows the laxity of customs in …

Soundscape in the prison for women

The testimony of Cristóbal de Chaves, in his Relación de las cosas de las cárcel de Sevilla y su trato, brings us closer to the sounds of popular music that …

Prison soundscape

Traditional music in the street and taverns

Miguel de Cervantes, in El Celoso extremeño, becomes a literary witness to the musical enthusiasm of Seville's black ethnic minority. In this work, he offers us a valuable testimony of their …

Traditional music of the Sevillian black ethnic community

Outdoor concert in the Alameda de Hércules

The remodelling in 1574 of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville made it a place for recreation and strolling for the citizens, especially in summer, enlivened by a group of …

Traditional songs in Saint John's Eve

At the beginning of his play Lo cierto por lo dudoso, Lope de Vega takes us to the night of San Juan, in the Alameda in Seville, a space that …

Funeral procession and funeral rites of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar (1515)

On 20 July 1515, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Mondéjar and 2nd Count of Tendilla (1440-1515), died in the Alhambra at the age of 74. His mortal remains …

Meal (1420)

Announcement of the take of Malaga (1487)