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Guitarra (1). Agustín Caro (1824). Private collection of Aarón García Ruiz. Picture by Aarón García Ruiz
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
<em>Santa Clara y San Luis, obispo de Tolosa</em>. Alonso Cano (1653-1657)
Confraternities at the convent of San Antonio de Padua y San Diego in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of San Antonio de Padua y San Diego in Granada.

Jan. 20, 2023
Dulcian player. Church of Santiago. Nurio (Michoacan)
Music lessons to Ana Martínez de Labandera in Valladolid (1642)

The contract drawn up on 11 September 1642 between Roque Pérez de Lara, a resident …

Jan. 15, 2023
<em>Cantica Beata Mariae Virginis</em>. Duarte Lobo (1605)
The polyphonic music library of the cathedral of Granada in 1667

The "Memoria de los libros de canto de órgano que hay en esta santa iglesia …

Jan. 12, 2023

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First organs in the city (1492)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

&nbsp;A Royal Letters Patent, signed by Isabella the Catholic and dated 28 April 1492, tells us of the arrival in Granada of two organs built by the famous Mahoma Mofferiz.

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Feast of the Visitation of Saint Elizabeth and Salve Regina on Tundidores street in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

On Tundidores Street in Granada, the guilds of shearers and shoemakers celebrated the feast of the Visitation of Saint Elizabeth and “recited” the antiphon Salve Regina, “many feasts of the …

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Salve Regina nn Ancha Street, home to the cloth merchants of Granada's Alcaicería district

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

On Ancha Street, home to the cloth merchants of Granada's Alcaicería district, stood an image of the Virgin Mary. Various Marian festivals were celebrated before this image throughout the liturgical …

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