Historical soundscapes (c.1200 – c.1800)

Christmas and Corpus Christi chanzonetas (secular songs) at the convent of La Piedad

A payment made in February 1644 shows the performance of chanzonetas (secular songs) in the convent of La Piedad during the festivities of Christmas and Corpus Christi.

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

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 …

Saturday Salve service at the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in Granada

On the occasion of the declaration of the Virgen de los Dolores as patron saint of the Oratory of San Felipe Neri in Granada, on 18 February 1696, it was …

New organ (1748)

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.

Fireworks at the feast of the dedication of the new church of the convent of the Ángel Custodio (1661)

Muskets salute (1661)

Artillery salute (1661)

Pealing of the bell at the Vela tower (1661)

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

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 …

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

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.