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Façade of the University of Salamanca
Salamanca
Procession and festivities on the occasion of the University of Salamanca's pledge to uphold and defend the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1618)

In 1618, the faculty of the University of Salamanca agreed to defend the dogma asserting …

Nov. 18, 2022
Titlepage. <em>El viaje de Jesusalén</em>. Francisco Guerrero (Sevilla, 1592). [GB-Lbl]
Seville
The Seville editions of Francisco Guerrero's El viage de Hierusalem in the 16th century

The biography of the composer Francisco Guerrero and the history of the printed book in …

Nov. 17, 2022
<em>Canticum Beatae Mariae quod magnificat nuncupator</em>. (Lovaina: Pierre Phalèse, 1563) [G 4867]. Francisco Guerrero
Salamanca
Music books in the Salamanca bookshop of Benito Boyer (1565)

In the inventory made in 1565 of the books seized by the Inquisition from the …

Nov. 17, 2022
<em>Villancicos que se cantaron en el convento de carmelitas calzadas de la villa de Valls... a la profesión y velo de sor María Rosa de San José</em> (1709)
Valls
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Presentación in Valls (1709)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns in the convent of La Presentación in …

Nov. 17, 2022

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The first reference to the organ in the church of San Andrés in Granada (1549)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 30, 2016

The organ builders Martín Hernández and Francisco Vázquez (father and son, respectively,) built the first documented organ in the church of San Andrés in 1549.

organ AAT to play the organ Martín Hernández (organ builder) Francisco Vázquez (organ builder) Antonio Flores (organist) church of San Andrés
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The stay of the Catholic Monarchs in Granada (1499)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 28, 2016

In 1499, the Catholic kings resided in the Alhambra in Granada between 2 July and 30 November, a period in which they must have been accompanied by some of the …

heraldic music domestic music making women and musical networks project Isabel l (queen) ULAN Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) Juan de Anchieta (composer, singer) Francisco de Peñalosa (composer, singer) Rodrigo Donaire (vihuela player) Vicente Ferrer (vihuela player) Alonso de Baena (vihuela player, lute player) Lope de Baena (organist) music chapels of the Catholic Kings wind players trumpeter AAT drummers AAT Elvira gate Elvira street Nueva (Hatabín) square Gomérez street Explanada or Justicia gate Nasrid palaces (Alhambra)
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Procession of Easter Sunday in Granada in Granada (1616-1640)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 27, 2016

On Easter Sunday, the confraternity of Our Lady of the Three Necessities and the Holy Coffin which had its headquarters in the church of Santiago, went to the convent of …

Holy Week procession confraternities project penitential confraternities music chapel dances shawn player confraternity of Our Lady of the Three Necessities and the Burial of Christ church of Santiago convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites nuns)
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Procession of the Holy Burial (1742)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 26, 2016

A printed account, published at the expense of the confraternity of Our Lady of the Three Necessities and the Burial of Christ, allows us to know all the details of …

Holy Week procession confraternities project penitential confraternities music chapel of the capilla real music chapel singers AAT trumpets AAT drum player clergy member of the brotherhood confraternity of Our Lady of the Three Necessities and the Burial of Christ church of San Gil
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Procession of the Holy Burial (1616-1640)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 25, 2016

In 1616, the Confraternity of the Burial of Christ was founded in the church of Santiago, associating itself with that of Our Lady of the Three Necessities, which already had …

Holy Week procession confraternities project penitential confraternities sermon AAT drum player music chapel confraternity of Our Lady of the Three Necessities and the Burial of Christ clergy priest AAT children knights AAT trumpets AAT drum player member of the brotherhood church of Santiago cathedral of La Encarnación convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites nuns)
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The singing of the passions at the catedral of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
March 22, 2016

The singing of the passions at the cathedral of Seville.

passions mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral succentor chaplains AAT Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Alonso Lobo de Borja (composer, chapel master) cathedral of Sevilla. Main altar cathedral of Sevilla. Choir cathedral of Sevilla. Door of the main altar cathedral of Santa María de la Sede
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Palm Sunday procession at the cathedral of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
March 20, 2016

The ceremony of ‘The Entry into Jerusalem’ took place on Palm Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week. The procession followed a route that took it both inside and outside …

procession AAT Gloria laus (hymn) Ave Rex noster (antiphon) sanctus feriales response cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral succentor Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Alonso Lobo de Borja (composer, chapel master) Luis Bernardo Jalón (composer, chapel master) cathedral of Sevilla. Door of San Miguel or of Nacimiento Gradas street cathedral of Sevilla. Door of the Entrada en Jerusalén or the Campanilla corral de los Olmos cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Choir Mudejar cathedral of Seville. Choir
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The Taking of Granada (1492)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 19, 2016

Various chronicles provide us with numerous details about the events that took place at the capture of Granada on 2 January 1492, from which we have extracted the most outstanding …

mass AAT O crux ave, spes unica (hymn) Te deum laudamus (hymn) procession AAT artillery salute heraldic music the pealing of bells women and musical networks project Isabel l (queen) ULAN Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) Hernando de Talavera (first archbishop of Granada) music chapels of the Catholic Kings torre de Comares (Alhambra) banks of the Genil river corral de los cautivos (dungeons)
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The ceremony of la seña at Seville Cathedral

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
March 18, 2016

The origin of la seña ceremony in the Cathedral of Seville is uncertain, but it can be documented as fully established at least since the 15th century. Repeated five times …

ceremony of the seña Vexilla regis (hymn) mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works music chapel of the cathedral succentor chaplains AAT cathedral chapter clerics of the veintena Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Luis Bernardo Jalón (composer, chapel master) cathedral of Sevilla. Main altar cathedral of Santa María de la Sede
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New bells for the chuches of Granada (c.1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
March 16, 2016

The spaces converted into churches in Granada after its conquest by the Catholic Monarchs were quickly equipped with bells, highlighting their importance as a means of communication in the religious …

bell AAT Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) bell-ringer mosque of Maharoch (of the burnt) convent of San Jerónimo (Jeronimites) convent of Santa Cruz la Real (Dominicans)
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