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Dulcimer from Valencia. Mariano Vila (18th century)
Purchase and sale of instruments advertised in the Diario de Valencia (1790)

The advertisement in the Noticias particulares de Valencia section of the Diario de Valencia (1790) …

July 14, 2022
Retablo de los Gozos de Santa María (c. 1455)
Appointment of Íñigo López de Mendoza as the Marquis of Santillana in Burgos (1445).

In August 1445, King Juan II granted Íñigo López de Mendoza the titles of Marquis …

July 11, 2022
Port of Corfu. <em>Civitatis orbis terrarum</em>, vol. 2 (1575)
Slave minstrels in the royal galley (1572-1591)

In the last quarter of the 16th century, different groups of slave minstrels, made up …

July 4, 2022
Port of Genoa (1483)
Slave minstrels in the royal galley (1572-1591)

In the last quarter of the 16th century, different groups of slave minstrels, made up …

July 4, 2022

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Domestic music at the house of vihuela player Luis de Narváez

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Little more than his origin in Granada and his probable employment in the service of Francisco de los Cobos, secretary to Charles V, before 1526, is what we can say …

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Call to prayer by a muezzin

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

The muezzin's call to prayer is repeated five times a day and is one of the essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada.

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