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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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Votive endowment of an annual Salve to Our Lady of the Patronage at Granada cathedral (1699)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 27, 2019

In 1699, Juan Antonio Rico, prebendary organist of the cathedral of Granada, endowed the singing of the antiphon Salve regina after Vespers of the Feast of the Patronage of Our …

salve harpsichord AAT clavichord AAT feast of the Patronage of Our Lady Juan Antonio Rico (prebendary, organist) cathedral chapter music chapel cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Choir
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Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 24, 2019

Recreation of the soundscape of a palace in Seville using the Reaper programme, in which holophonic sounds have been used. This recreation was based on recordings of ambient sounds made …

animal sounds sound of the water carriages sounds domestic music making Dueñas palace Pilatos House palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia (I) palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia (II) palace of the Dukes of Arcos
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Luthier at the parish of Omnium Sanctorum in Seville (1598)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 23, 2019

Luthier at the parish of Omnium Sanctorum in Seville (1598).

musical instrument making Juan de Herrera (luthier) luthier AAT Tocinos street
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Votive masses sung with organ in the convent of San Antón in Granada (1747)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 20, 2019

In the convent of San Antón in Granada, four hundred and twenty-one sung masses were celebrated annually with deacons, acolytes and organ, nine of them with sermons, which earned the …

vespers mass AAT response sermon AAT the pealing of bells priest AAT ministers (deacon and subdeacon) acolytes AAT organist AAT bell-ringer convent of San Antonio Abad (San Antón) (Regular Third Order)
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Holy Week penance processions inside Seville Cathedral

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 18, 2019

In a regulation of the master of ceremonies of the cathedral of Seville, written in the first quarter of the 17th century, we find the chapter's recommendations to avoid theft …

Holy Week procession Miserere mei Deus (psalm 51) litany AAT confraternities project discipline confraternities penitential confraternities Ad te levavi animam meam (psalm 24) Marian confraternities cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral confraternity of the Conception of the Virgin Mary confraternity of Our Lady of the Solitude confraternity of the Name of Jesus at the convent of San Pablo cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Door of San Miguel or of Nacimiento cathedral of Sevilla. Altar of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (retrochoir) cathedral of Seville. Crossing
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Last organ of the convent of Los Mártires in Granada (1849)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 16, 2019

A letter from the exclaustrated Franciscan friar Pascual de Chávez to Archbishop Luis Antonio Folgueras y Sión, dated 1849, tells us about the fate of the last organ in the …

organ AAT organ repair Blas Joaquín Álvarez de Palma (archbishop) Luis Antonio Folgueras y Sión (archbishop) Miguel González Aurioles (organ builder) convent of los Santos Mártires San Cosme y San Damián (Discalced Carmelites) convent of San Jerónimo (Jeronimites) church of San Miguel alto church of San Cecilio
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Musical performances in sacred and secular settings by the contralto Gabriel de Mora (1674)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 11, 2019

In 1674, the reprimands that the chapter of the cathedral of Granada made to Gabriel de Mora, alto singer, which even led to his temporary dismissal, allow us to learn …

domestic music making street music cathedral chapter Gabriel de Mora (alto, guitar player) cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Choir alameda of the Genil river carrera del Darro = carrera de la Puerta de Guadix
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The pealing of the Angelus in the bell tower of the cathedral of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 9, 2019

The pealing of the Angelus in the bell tower of the cathedral of Seville.

pealing of the Angelus the pealing of bells bell-ringer cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda)
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New harp for Granada Cathedral (1654)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 7, 2019

On 6 November 1653, the Chapter of Granada Cathedral agreed with Clemente Jiménez, a guitar maker from Granada, to build a harp for 350 reales (11,900 maravedís). The instrument was …

musical instrument making harp cathedral chapter Clemente Jiménez (luthier) Ginés de Aguilar (harpist) luthier AAT cathedral of La Encarnación cathedral of Granada. Choir
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Votive endowment of Juan García de las Doblas at the chuch of San Isidoro in Seville (1507)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 4, 2019

Votive endowment of Juan García de las Doblas at the chuch of San Isidoro in Seville (1507).

feast of the Incarnation (= Annunciation) mass AAT vespers matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass response the pealing of bells Juan García de las Doblas (fruit seller) priest AAT ministers (deacon and subdeacon) organist AAT preacher bell-ringer church of San Isidoro
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