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Christ of the Expiration. Attributed to Diego de Aranda (16th century). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
Confraternities at the church of San Gil in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Gil in Granada

Aug. 3, 2022
Chapel of the Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Tlaxcala
The training of Indian singers and minstrels in the Franciscan convents of Nueva España (1569)

The report of the Franciscan Province of the Santo Evangelio drawn up in 1569 and …

July 31, 2022
<em>Orphenica lyra</em>. Miguel de Fuenllana [E-Mba PA-2]
Seville
Works by Francisco Guerrero in Orphenica lyra by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Orphenica lyra by Miguel de Fuenllana (1554).

July 29, 2022
Our Lady of Succour (detail)
Granada
Confraternities at the church of Santa Escolástica in Granada

Confraternities at the church of Santa Escolástica in Granada.

July 26, 2022

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Works by Francisco Guerrero in the convent of La Trinidad Calzada in Madrid

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Madrid
12-09-2020

The affiliation of a series of choirbooks preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional to the convent of La Trinidad Calzada in Madrid has also allowed me to locate the only fragment …

mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works misa (music genre) Missa Dormendo un giorno Agustín Sánchez (Calced Trinitarian) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) convent of La Trinidad Calzada (Calced Trinitarians)
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Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Segovia cathedral (1562)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Segovia
12-09-2020

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Segovia cathedral (1562).

mapping incorporation wind player ensembles recruitment of musicians buying an instrument dulzian viol the violin family cathedral chapter wind players city council Dominico Trebijano (wind player) Morales (wind player) Luis Vázquez (cornetto) Francisco de Espinosa (sackbut) Francisco de Espinosa (dulzian player) Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción and San Frutos
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All Souls's Day procession in the Capilla Real of Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
09-09-2020

In the archives of the Royal Chapel of Granada, there are two twin manual volumes, without a signature, bound in black leather and carefully copied on parchment with black and …

feast of All Souls Day funeral procession Memento mei Deus (responsory) Credo quod redemptor (responsory) Libera me, Domine (responsory) mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] chapter of the capilla real music chapel of the capilla real Bernardino de Figueroa [Osorio] (composer, chapel master, singer, royal chaplain, archbishop) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Tomás Luis de Victoria (composer) succentor royal chapel royal chapel. Burial vault of the royal chaplains capilla real. Royal tombs
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Ritual of the burial of the prebends of the Royal Chapel of Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
09-09-2020

In the archives of the Royal Chapel of Granada, two twin manual volumes are kept, without a signature, bound in black leather and carefully copied on parchment with black and …

funeral procession burial of monks Memento mei Deus (responsory) Ad te levavi animam meam (psalm 24) Subvenite Sancti Dei (responsory) Credo quod redemptor (responsory) Ne recorderis (responsory) Libera me, Domine (responsory) mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] processional transfer of the deceased to the church chapter of the capilla real music chapel of the capilla real succentor chaplains Bernardino de Figueroa [Osorio] (composer, chapel master, singer, royal chaplain, archbishop) Francisco de la Torre (composer, magister puerorum, singer, prebendary) Juan de Anchieta (composer, singer) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Tomás Luis de Victoria (composer) royal chapel royal chapel. Burial vault of the royal chaplains
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Musical activity in the convent of San Juan de la Penitencia in Cazorla (Jaén) c. 1600

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Cazorla
08-09-2020

The short biography of Sister Micaela de Jesús y Jorquera written by Alonso de Torres, chronicler of the Franciscan order, allows us to know the presence of the organ in …

teaching organ music lessons pipe organ introduction mapping women and musical networks project Micalea de Jesús y Jorquera (nun, organist) nuns organist Convent of San Juan de la Penitencia (Franciscans)
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Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Pamplona cathedral

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Pamplona
05-09-2020

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Pamplona cathedral

mapping Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero’s manuscript works motet hymn magnificat Te deum laudamus (hymn) Veni creator spiritus (himn) Hei mihi Domine (motet) Ave, Virgo sanctissima (motet) Magnificat primi toni (Liber vesperarum, 1584) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Santa María la Real cathedral
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Domestic music in José Gómez de Lasalde and Josefa Tovar house (1745)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Madrid
04-09-2020

During the carnival nights of 1745, José Gómez de Lasalde and his wife Josefa Tovar organized in their Madrid residence a series of three private parties to which they invited, …

domestic music making opera tonadilla juguete lírico minuet fandango recitative women and musical networks project José Gómez de Lasalde (escribano de cámara del Consejo de Castilla) Josefa Tovar Juan Pedro Maruján (poet) María Heras (soprano) Francesco Corselli (chapel master, composer) Cebada square
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Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Ciudad Rodrigo cathedral (1544)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Ciudad Rodrigo
04-09-2020

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Ciudad Rodrigo cathedral (1544).

buying an instrument mapping incorporation wind player ensembles recruitment of musicians cathedral chapter Diego Bucher (chapel master) wind players Diego Guzmán de Silva (canon, ambassador) trumpets Santa María cathedral
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Aerophone and membranophone instruments in the Castilian galleys (13th and 14th centuries)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
03-09-2020

The Partidas of Alfonso X the Wise provide us with the earliest news of aerophone instruments in the galleys of the Castilian navy. The naumaquia held on the Guadalquivir River, …

naval music Alfonso X the Wise Alfonso XI (king) trumpets drum player Guadalquivir river
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Domestic music in the Valladolid residence of Claudio de Cilly (c.1550-1553)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Valladolid
01-09-2020

Claudio de Cilly, Flemish, Maréchal des Logis de Carlos V, had an open house in the city of Valladolid, a place that was often the seat of the Imperial Court. …

domestic music making inventory of musical instruments harpsichord organ lute flute cornetto bagpipe Turkish little drum book of polyphony Claudio de Cilly (Maréchal des Logis of Carlos V) Gregorio de Liendo (luthier) Claudio de Cilly's house
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