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Collegiate chuch of Saint Martin (currently cathedral)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of Saint Martin in Bratislava

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of Saint Martin in Bratislava.

Jan. 9, 2023
Main altar of the convent of La Concepción
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in Granada

Jan. 9, 2023
Hight altar of the Convent of San Bernardo. Picture by Juan Ruiz JIménez
Confraternities at the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of San Bernardo in Granada.

Jan. 9, 2023
Convent of Los Capuchinos. Richard Ford (1831)
The regulation of the ringing of bells in the Capuchin Franciscan convents of the Province of Andalusia

The Ceremonial romano seráfico de los menores capuchinos de N. P. S. Francisco, printed in …

Jan. 7, 2023

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First references to the organ in the convent of La Piedad (1648)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The news of the repair of an organ in the convent of La Piedad indirectly documents the existence of nuns who played the organ in the convent from the first …

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New organ (1748)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

A payment made in November 1748 tells us that the Dominican community of the convent of La Piedad renovated the organ in their church on that date.

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Domestic music in the palace of the Marquises of Cenete (1492-1523)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

Between 1492 and 1523, the palace of the Marquises of Cenete stood in the upper part of the Albaicín. It must have been the scene of some musical activity performed …

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Call to prayer by a müezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque al-Murabitin in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

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

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