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Nave of the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Güéjar Sierra (Granada). Picture by Javier González Ruano
Repair of the organ of the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Güejar Sierra (1777)

At the beginning of January 1777, the organ builder Salvador Pabón y Valdés dismantled, reformed …

May 15, 2022
<em>Turnierbuch</em>, fols. 56-57
The soundscape of the tournament of the Honourable Passage at the bridge of the Órbigo Hospital (1434)

In the Jacobean year of 1434, the Leonese knight Suero de Quiñones obtained permission from …

May 9, 2022
<em>San Miguel</em>. Torcuato Ruiz del Peral. Chruch of San Miguel (Granada)
Confraternities at the church of San Miguel in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Miguel in Granada.

May 9, 2022

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Purchase of a book of polyphony (1529)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 28, 2016

In 1529, the chapter of the cathedral of Granada bought a copy of the&nbsp;Liber quindecim missarum electarum electarum quae per excellentissimos musicos compositae&nbsp;(Rome: Andrea Antico, 1516) for its music chapel.

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Granada luthiers guild (1702)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 25, 2016

A document in the Archivo Histórico Provincial of Granada, which gives an account of a military parade carried out in 1702, at the beginning of the War of the Spanish …

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Entrance of Muhámmad V into Granada (1362)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 18, 2016

On April 16, 1362, after having defeated "al Bermejo" (Muhammad VI), Muhammad V, Sultan of Granada, entered Granada through the Elvira Gate, preceded by a large group of Moorish trumpets …

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