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Titlepage. <em>El viaje de Jesusalén</em>. Francisco Guerrero (Sevilla, 1592). [GB-Lbl]
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
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 …

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<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)
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 …

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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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