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La Huerta de Recoletos (dukes of Medina del Rioseco)
Sainete performed at the wedding of Gaspar de Haro Guzmán, Marquis of Carpio, and Teresa Enríquez de Cabrera (1671)

On 11 June 1671, Gaspar de Haro Guzmán, 7th Marquis of Carpio and Eliche, and …

Feb. 13, 2022
Realejo (17th.). Museo de Instrumentos de Barcelona
Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small …

Feb. 7, 2022
<em>Carta geográphica...</em>. Juan Ramón (1683)
Organs for the Dominican convents of Chile built in Guadalajara by Claudio Girón (1590)

In 1590, Fray Cristóbal Núñez commissioned the organ builder Claudio Girón to build six small …

Feb. 7, 2022
Main altar. Collegiate church of El Salvador
Endowments of funeral services for the archbishops of Seville in the collegiate church of El Salvador

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, three archbishops of Seville who died and were buried …

Feb. 4, 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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