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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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Proclamation for the rental of a house in Salamanca to Sebastián de Vivanco (1609)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado, Michael Noone
Salamanca TGN
April 19, 2021

In 1609 the cathedral chapelmaster and music professor at the University of Salamanca rented a house for his home. For this, the owner ordered various public proclamations by the town …

announcement AAT Juan Esteban (town crier) Sebastián de Vivanco (composer, chapel master) Rua street church of Saint Martin church of Sain Isidro Townhall place of San Benito. House of Sebastián de Vivanco
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Reception in the Alhambra to Archduke Friedrich von Wittelsbach (1526)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 17, 2021

On July 6, 1526, Emperor Charles V entertained Archduke Friedrich von Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate, at the Alhambra with an exotic show in which several Moorish women danced, sang …

traditional songs dances AAT acrobatics AAT women and musical networks project morisco Carlos V (king) Friedrich von Wittelsbach (Archduke, Elector of the Palatinate) Alhambra (fortress) TGN
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The theatrical company of Antonio de Escamilla in the playhouse El Coliseo of Sevilla (1653-1654)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 16, 2021

In March 1653, Antonio Escamilla's theater company signed a contract in Valladolid by which it promised to give sixty performances at the playhouse El Coliseo in Sevilla, which would take …

theatre performance women and musical networks project Antonio de Escamilla [Vázquez] (company director, actor, singer, dancer) Juan de la Calle (actor) Alonso de Cañadas (actor) Antonio Villalba (actor) Diego Carrillo (actor, singer, dancer) María de Escamilla [de la Cruz] (actress, singer, danser) Esteban de Almendros (musician of the theater) María de la Paz (actress) Francisco Bermúdez (music of the theater) Jerónimo Muñoz (prompter) Simón Martínez (cloak attendant) Juan de Cisneros (actor) Antonia Bernarda (actress) Manuela de Escamilla [Vázquez] (actress, singer, instrumentalist, company director) playhouse El Coliseo
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Confraternities at the church of San Matías

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 14, 2021

Confraternities at the church of San Matías.

confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament Marian confraternities confraternities with avocations to saints confraternities of the Souls in Purgatory open confraternities closed confraternities confraternities of Holy Week confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament at the church of San Matías confraternity of the Slaves of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Matías confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy of the church of San Matías confraternity of the Blessed Souls of Purgatory at the church of San Matías confraternity of Saint Joseph at the church of San Matías confraternity of Our Lady of Consolation at the church of San Matías confraternity of the Holy Christ of Sorrows at the church of San Matías church of San Matías
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Villancicos for the Christmas matins of 1683 in the church of Santa Marta in Martos (Jaén)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Martos TGN
April 13, 2021

The printed sheet of 1683 with the villancicos (sacred songs) that were sung at Christmas matins in the church of Santa Marta, in Martos (Jaén), allows us to know the …

matins of the feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christmas songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) AAT Juan Donoso Cabeza de Vaca (composer, chapel master) Manuel Isidro de Santos (cornetto and soprano shawn player) Juan Ignacio de la Rosa (dulcian player) music chapel of the church of Santa Marta in Martos (Jaén) church of Santa Marta
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A piano by Clementi in Seville (1829)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
April 12, 2021

The inventory and appraisal of the personal property that had constituted the dowry of Antonia San Juan Vincenti y Galarza, carried out after her death, at the request of her …

piano AAT domestic music making music education women and musical networks project Antonia San Juan Vincenti y Galarza (Marchioness of Iscar) Antonio María Cansinos Córdoba Lazo de la Vega (marquis of Iscar) María de los Dolores Cansinos y San Juan Matilde Cansinos y San Juan Castellón Street
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Music teaching activity of Diego Galindo, organist of the Cathedral of Valladolid (1646-1655)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Valladolid TGN
April 10, 2021

Three notarial protocols of the Archivo Histórico Provincial de Valladolid give an account of the important music teaching activity of Diego Galindo, organist of the cathedral, in the private domestic …

teaching AAT music lessons clavichord AAT harp women and musical networks project Diego Alonso Galindo (organist) María de Ayala (singer, organist) Juan Fernández Isidro (organist) Catalina Pérez (organist, harpist) Cristóbal López de Villafañe (chapel master) Juan López de Villafañe (succentor) cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción various places
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Jesuit singers and black wind players in the reductions at the Paraguay's Province (1628)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Asunción TGN
April 8, 2021

Some documents preserved in the Archivo General de Indias allows us to know the purchase of a group of eight black slaves, wind players, posted to the Jesuit reductions of …

purchase of black wind player slaves teaching AAT mass AAT vespers Felipe IV (King) ULAN Society of Jesus AAT Gaspar Sobrino (jesuit) singers AAT wind players black people Jesuit mission of San Ignacio Miní The Society of Jesus college church of the Society of Jesus
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Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Zamora

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Zamora TGN
April 6, 2021

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the cathedral of Zamora.

mapping Francisco Guerrero printed works by Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] Francisco Guerrero. Canticum Beatae Mariae quod magnificat nuncupatur (1563) [G 4867] Francisco Guerrero. Motteta (1570) [G 4871] Missa Dormendo un giorno Missa pro defunctis (1565/1566) misa (music genre) motet Christmas song (villancico) AAT Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Manuel Guerra (composer) cathedral of El Salvador
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Manuela Escamilla's stay in Granada (1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
April 4, 2021

Two notarial protocols document the presence of the company director Manuela Escamilla (Vázquez) in Granada between the end of January and the end of August 1687, probably to perform in …

theatre performance women and musical networks project Manuela de Escamilla [Vázquez] (actress, singer, instrumentalist, company director) actor-singers José de Mendiola (actor) Coliseo / Casa de comedias (theater)
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