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Church of San Pedro y San Pablo
Endowment of three shawms to accompany the processions of the Viaticum in churches of Granada (1636)

Captain Juan Álvarez de la Vega, who died in Lima in 1636, endowed, in one …

Jan. 7, 2023
<em>Canticum Beatae Mariae quod magnificat nuncupator</em>. KU Leuven Bibliotheken, sig. RC81
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the KU Leuven Bibliotheken

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the &nbsp;KU Leuven Bibliotheken (Leuven University Library).

Dec. 31, 2022
Convent of Santa María de Cadins
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the royal convent of Santa María de Cadins in Gerona (1700)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the royal convent of Santa María …

Dec. 17, 2022
Convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (inside)
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles.

Dec. 7, 2022

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

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

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 …

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Traditional music in the street and taverns

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Miguel de Cervantes, in&nbsp;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 …

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Outdoor concert in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

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 …

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Traditional songs in Saint John's Eve

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

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 …

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