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Titlepage. <em>El viaje de Jesusalén</em>. Francisco Guerrero (Sevilla, 1592). [GB-Lbl]
Seville
The Seville editions of Francisco Guerrero's El viage de Hierusalem in the 16th century

The biography of the composer Francisco Guerrero and the history of the printed book in …

Nov. 17, 2022
<em>Canticum Beatae Mariae quod magnificat nuncupator</em>. (Lovaina: Pierre Phalèse, 1563) [G 4867]. Francisco Guerrero
Salamanca
Music books in the Salamanca bookshop of Benito Boyer (1565)

In the inventory made in 1565 of the books seized by the Inquisition from the …

Nov. 17, 2022
<em>Villancicos que se cantaron en el convento de carmelitas calzadas de la villa de Valls... a la profesión y velo de sor María Rosa de San José</em> (1709)
Valls
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Presentación in Valls (1709)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Presentación in …

Nov. 17, 2022
Inventory of instruments and books of Pedro Crespo (1589). AHPV. PN, leg. 576, fol. 1038r.
Valladolid
Inventory of the instruments and books of the ministril Pedro Crespo in Valladolid (1589)

The post mortem inventory carried out on 9 September 1589 of the goods of the …

Nov. 16, 2022

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Sale of a vihuela at an auction (1514)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
23-07-2017
selling of instruments Francisco Fernández (beneficiary priest) church of Santa Ana
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Sounds in the Diego de Velazquez’s birth house

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
22-07-2017
the pealing of bells Diego Velázquez (painter) bell-ringer house of Diego Velazquez
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Sounds in the Archbishop's Palace courtyard

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
18-07-2017
sound of the water the pealing of bells water bell-ringer archbishop's palace
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Organ for the church of Ipiales –Colombia– (1585)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
17-07-2017

In 1585, Pedro de Henao, chief and governor of Ipiales (Colombia), bought a series of ornaments for the church in that city. Among those objects was an organ that was …

organ pipe organ introduction mapping Pedro de Henao (Native Indian, Governor of the Ipiales and Potosí) Jerónimo de León (organ builder) Asencio Martín (organ builder) Hernando de Tapia (organist) parish of San Martín
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Wind players escorting the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament to visit the sick.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
11-07-2017

The presence of minstrels accompanying the Viaticum on its urban journeys to visit the sick was a common occurrence in 17th and 18th century Seville, as evidenced by the sacramental …

To visit to the sick by the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament street music the pealing of bells Viaticum procession confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament confraternities of the Souls in Purgatory women and musical networks project endowment Eugenia de Valdés confraternity of the Holy Sacrament and the Blessed Souls of Purgatory at the church of San Pedro confraternity of the Holy Sacrament at the church of San Vicente wind players church of San Pedro parish of San Pedro church of San Vicente parish of San Vicente
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Clock bell of the old mudejar cathedral of Sevilla (1400)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
08-07-2017
the pealing of bells Alfonso Domínguez (bell maker) bell-ringer Gonzalo de Mena (archbishop) Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda)
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The cloister’s sounds of the convent of Santa Clara

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
08-07-2017
sound of the water sound of animals the pealing of bells water birds nuns convent of Santa Clara (Franciscans)
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Wind players in a play at the University (1550)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
06-07-2017
comedia (secular play) wind players colegio real (university of Granada)
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Trumpeter of the archbishop of Seville (1385)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
04-07-2017
heraldic music Alfonso Martín (trumpeter) Pedro González Barroso (archbishop) archbishop's palace
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The ring of a little bell for the souls in Purgatory in Triana (1566)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
03-07-2017
ringing of a little bell small bell bell-ringer Triana
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