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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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Flemish organ, harpsichords and clavichords in Sevilla (1554)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
July 2, 2017

A notarial protocol signed on 26 May 1554, gives us an insight into the reception of key instruments from Antwerp in Seville in the mid-16th century.

buying an instrument Conrado de Colonia Arnao (flemish painter, merchant) Juan Turiez parish of San Salvador
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Ceremony of arming knight and taking the habit of Santiago to Carlos Núñez de Valdivia (1625)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
July 1, 2017

The particular ceremony of knight-arming in the Order of Santiago was also solemnised musically with the organ and the minstrels, as can be seen in the ceremony celebrated in the …

arming a knight mass AAT Carlos Núñez de Valdivia y Mendoza (canónigo, chantre, caballero de la orden de Santiago) wind players organist AAT nobility cathedral of La Encarnación
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Organ for the Augustinian convent of Sancti Spiritus (1560)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 27, 2017
organ AAT Jerónimo de León (organ builder) convent of Sancti Spiritus (Augustinians)
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A funeral procession of executed in Granada (1614)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 25, 2017

Description of the procession for the burial of those executed annually organized by the brotherhood of the Blessed Sacrament and Mercy of the Corpus Christi hospital on Lazarus or Passion …

funeral procession AAT procession AAT processional transfer of the deceased to the church response requiem mass confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament the pealing of bells music chapel of the cathedral confraternity of the Corpus Christi of Mercy and Blessed Souls of Purgatory clergy friars knights AAT crowd nobility humilladero of San Sebastián carrera del Genil Rastro's gate (= Real's gate) Herreros street Zacatín street church of San Gil Corpus Christi's hospital Bibarrambla square
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Feast of inauguration of the chapel of the Royal College Seminar of San Telmo (1724)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 23, 2017

On 23 January 1724, the inauguration ceremony of the chapel of the Royal Seminary College of San Telmo (1724), dedicated to the Virgin of Buen Aire, which had been founded …

feast of the dedication or reopening of a church procession AAT pontifical mass dances AAT Coelestis urbs Jerusalem (hymn) Te deum laudamus (hymn) cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral dulcian player clarion player dances Real Colegio Seminario de San Telmo
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Organ in the convent of la Madre de Dios (Comendadoras de Santiago)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 20, 2017

Description of the organ of the convent of La Madre de Dios (Commendadoras de Santiago) built in 1782 by the organ builder Sebastián Pabón y Valdés at the request of …

organ AAT organ repair to tune the organ women and musical networks project Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) Adolfo Montero Weiss (organ and piano builder) Pedro Ghys (organ builder) Ana de Monroy Pizarro (nun, comendadora mayor) convent of la Madre de Dios (comendadoras of the Military Order of Santiago)
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Music activity in the Oratory of San Felipe Neri

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 19, 2017
mass AAT vespers José María Blanco-White (writer, violinist) Manuel del Pópulo Vicente (= Manuel García, singer, composer, singing teacher) singers AAT instrumentalists AAT oratory of San Felipe Neri
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The first documented castrati in the music chapels of Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 19, 2017
Jerónimo de Aliseda (singer, soprano, castrato) Jerónimo de Aliseda (composer, chapel master) Santos de Aliseda (tenor, chapel master) Pablo de Aliseda (chaplain) Bartolomé García (singer, soprano, castrato) cathedral of Granada. Old choir cathedral of Granada. Choir cathedral of Granada. Chapel of Nuestra Señora de "El Antigua" royal chapel capilla real. High choir capilla real. Low choir cathedral of La Encarnación
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Music and the game of forfeits

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
June 17, 2017
domestic music making José María Blanco-White (writer, violinist) José María Blanco-White's house
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Vejamen in the examination for university degree in the Imperial University of Granada (1715)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
June 16, 2017
vejamen domestic music making vejamen domestic music making Antonio Navarro (composer, chapel master) Gabriel Bernardo Enríquez de Lara, Aduladín y Palacios (physician, musician) Pedro Esteban de Sotomayor (physician, musician) Eustaquio Galofaro (physician, musician) colegio real (university of Granada)
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