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Title page. <em>Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus</em> (1558)
An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales …

Feb. 28, 2023
<em>View of the city of Seville</em>. Attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello (16th century)
Seville, starting point of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

In the early summer of 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his disciple Francisco Sánchez and …

Feb. 22, 2023
Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. <em>Vista Arámburu</em> (Cádiz, c. 1675)
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?)
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

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque Ibn Gimara in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 20, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the mosque&nbsp;Ibn Gimara were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque al-Shari’a in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 11, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the mosque al-Shari’a were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque (gima) Guindeyr in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 10, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the mosque&nbsp;(gima) Guindeyr were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque Yami al-Ahdab in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 8, 2016

The call to prayer of the müezzin, repeated five times a day, and the&nbsp;coranic psalmody at the mosque of&nbsp;Yami al-Ahdab were essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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