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Convent of Santa Ana y San José
Villancicos for the profession of Mariana Téllez Girón Gómez de Sandoval in the convent of Santa Ana y San José in Madrid.

Villancicos for the profession of Mariana Téllez Girón Gómez de Sandoval, daughter of the Dukes …

March 14, 2022
Church of  Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (Granada)
Organ of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (c. 1751)

The organ of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Cúllar Vega (Granada) …

March 13, 2022
Inventory of Alonso Calvo's Assets (1561)
Inventory of instruments and music books of Alonso Calvo (1561)

Inventory of instruments and music books of Alonso Calvo (1561).

March 12, 2022
Choir of Toledo cathedral
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the Toledo cathedral (1531-1540)

On 28 July 1531, Toledo became the third Hispanic cathedral to hire a stable group …

March 10, 2022

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The first reference to the organ in the capilla real (1518/1521)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
14-07-2016

The first reference to the establishment of the post of organist in the Capilla Real of Granada dates from the second endowment of this institution in 1518. Most probably, it …

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Call to prayer by a muezzin and coranic psalmody at the mosque of Masda ibn Damun in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-07-2016

The call to prayer of the muezzin, repeated five times a day, was one of the essential elements of the soundscape of Muslim Granada, to which we can add the …

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The sound of the water and birds in the Alameda de Hércules

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
08-07-2016

In 1574, the Feria lagoon was remodelled to turn it into one of the most important recreational areas in the city of Seville. The installation of three fountains and several …

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The sound of water and the bustle of Granada's Plaza Larga

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-07-2016

The sound of water and the hustle and bustle of Granada's Plaza Larga, an urban space that was reorganised and brought to life in the last quarter of the 16th …

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