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Main square of Écija
Écija
Trumpets and drummers from the city of Écija (1563-1576)

On 2/07/1563 the aldermen of Écija agreed with the trumpeters Luis de Vargas and Juan …

Feb. 1, 2023
Binding. <em>Canticum Beatae Mariae </em>. Francisco Guerrero. [D-AN VI g 19]
Ansbach
Works by Francisco Guerrero in Ansbach (1564)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Ansbach (1564).

Feb. 1, 2023
<em>Villancicos que se han de cantar en el nuevo ... Convento de la Compañia de Maria... el dia 8 de Septiembre de 1745</em>
Zaragoza
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza in Zaragoza (1745)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of several nuns in the convent of la Enseñanza …

Jan. 29, 2023
Guitarra (1). Agustín Caro (1824). Private collection of Aarón García Ruiz. Picture by Aarón García Ruiz
Granada
Guild of luthiers or guitar makers in Granada (1815)

A document recording the contribution made to the state for the maintenance of the armies …

Jan. 27, 2023

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Restoration of the organ (1993)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
organ repair Ramón Pérez Molina (organ builder) Francisco Alonso Suárez (organ builder) organ builder convent of Nuestra Señora del Destierro or the San Basilio (Basilian monks)
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Organist (1714-1726)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
entrance examination mass vespers Juan Moreno Cortés y Salcedo (organist, friar) organist convent of Nuestra Señora del Destierro or the San Basilio (Basilian monks)
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Appointment of a governor of a Moorish ensemble (1530)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

In 1530, a group of eleven zambreros served in Granada in processions such as that of the Bull of Crusade in other "fiestas e alegrías e zambras" that took place …

zambra (Moorish dance) alegrías (games and festivities) procession Yahya ben Brahim al-Fishtali=Fernando Morales (governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses) Sebastián de Palacios (governor of a Moorish ensemble) zambrero (Moorish jongler) Alonso El Gafiqui (Moorish musician) Juan Alhal (Moorish musician) Francisco El Beznari (Moorish musician) Cristóbal El Beznari (Moorish musician) Fernando El Haçoni (Moorish musician) Andrés Algoden (Moorish musician) Francisco Abarrayan (Moorish musician) Alonso El Haçaçi (Moorish musician) Lorenzo Alorzoti (Moorish musician) Fernando Bayahia (Moorish musician) Alonso Zogonbi (Moorish musician) various places
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Appointment of a governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses (1492)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

Yahya ben Brahim al-Fishtali (the Fisteli, who after his conversion and baptism would be known by the Spanish name of Fernando Morales), held various positions in the new Christian administrative …

appointment of a governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses zambra (Moorish dance) procession women and musical networks project Yahya ben Brahim al-Fishtali=Fernando Morales (governor of Moorish jonglers and jongleuses) minstrels Alonso de Salamanca (town crier) town crier zambrero (Moorish jongler) unknown location Bibarrambla square calle Libreros (= Garbiexima, de los Escribanos, del Fisteli) street
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Printed sheets containing villancicos composed by Antonio Navarro for the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada (1723-1746)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015

Eleven sheets with the texts of the villancicos composed by Antonio Navarro for the collegiate church of El Salvador have been found in two libraries in Granada, printed in that …

Christmas songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Granada) Antonio Navarro (composer, chapel master) collegiate church of San Salvador
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Villancicos for different feasts

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
Christmas song (villancico) matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus feast of the Circumcision of Jesus feast of the Epiphany feast of Our Lady of the Candles feast of Saint Joseph feast of the Incarnation (= Annunciation) feast of the Invention (Discovery) of the Holy Cross feast of Saint John the Baptist feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus feast of the Assumption of Our Lady feast of the Nativity of Our Lady feast of Saint Michael feast of the Conception of Mary vespers mass music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Granada) collegiate church of San Salvador
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Restoration of the organ (2005)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
organ repair Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) organ builder church of San Pedro y San Pablo
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Restoration of the organ (1997)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
organ repair Miguel González Aurioles (organ builder) Miguel Rivero (organ builder) José Jordán (organ builder) Adolfo Montero Weiss (organ and piano builder) Luis Montero Gallego (organ builder) Pedro Ghys (organ builder) Francisco Alonso Suárez (organ builder) organ builder convent of la Concepción (Franciscans Tertiary)
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Restoration of the organ of the convent of Santa Paula (1990)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
organ repair Francisco Alonso Suárez (organ builder) organ builder Francisco Alejo Muñoz (organ builder) convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites nuns) convent of San Jerónimo (Jeronimites)
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New organ (2001)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
12-07-2015
organ Francisco Alonso Suárez (organ builder) organ builder collegiate church of San Salvador
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