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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 …

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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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