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Choir lectern of the Seville cathedral (detail). Bartolomé Morel (1565)
Seville
Cathedral minstrels in the neighbourhood of San Lorenzo (1578)

A document in the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on two …

Feb. 1, 2022
Biblioteca Nacional de España, MpCant/25, [fol. 1r]
Seville
Gregorian chant books of the convent of La Encarnación in Seville (1598)

The research carried out on two items preserved in the Biblioteca Nacional de España (MpCant …

Feb. 1, 2022
Our Lady of the Anguish
Granada
Processions at Holy Week in Granada (1631)

In 1631, Juan Palacios, provost of the Diocese, reduced the number of brotherhoods that could …

Jan. 30, 2022
<em>Si para remedio mío</em>. Francisco Guerrero. <em>Cancionero musical de Gerona</em>, fol. [8r]
Gerona
Francisco Guerrero in the Cancionero musical de Gerona.

A villancico by Francisco Guerrero in the Musical Songbook of Girona.

Jan. 25, 2022

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New bells for the chuches of Granada (c.1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
16-03-2016

The spaces converted into churches in Granada after its conquest by the Catholic Monarchs were quickly equipped with bells, highlighting their importance as a means of communication in the religious …

bell Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) bell-ringer mosque of Maharoch (of the burnt) convent of San Jerónimo (Jeronimites) convent of Santa Cruz la Real (Dominicans)
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Liturgical activity (1508-1561)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
14-03-2016
liturgical office mass cathedral chapter music chapel of the cathedral organist cathedral (third site)
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Transfer of the remains of Isabella I of Castile to Granada and the obsequies in the Cathedral (1504)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
13-03-2016

Queen Isabella Católica died in Medina del Campo on 26 November 1504. In order to comply with one of the clauses in her will, her body was taken to Granada, …

funeral rites matins for the dead (= vigil) requiem mass funeral procession women and musical networks project Isabel l (queen) Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar music chapels of the Catholic Kings music chapel of the cathedral Elvira gate cathedral (second site) convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra (Franciscans)
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Music in Filipo de Carrizales’ house

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
09-03-2016

Miguel de Cervantes in&nbsp;El celosos extremeño&nbsp;takes us to the house of the indiano Filipo de Carrizales and the power of music to open doors and bend wills.

traditional songs traditional dances sarabande (dance) passamezzo (danse) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) unknown location
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Procession of the confraternity of penance of the True Cross

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
07-03-2016

Procession of the Vera Cruz penance confraternity.

Holy Week procession confraternities project penitential confraternities franciscans friars member of the brotherhood trumpeter confraternity of the True Cross convent of San Francisco Casa Grande (Franciscans) Sevilla cathedral collegiate church of San Salvador church of Santa María Magdalena convent of San Pablo (Dominicans)
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The mancebía (brothel) of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
05-03-2016

The prostitution quarter (mancebía) in Sevilla was located in the so-called Compás de la Laguna, in the Arenal neighborhood. It was limited by a wall that protected it from the …

traditional songs traditional dances women and musical networks project prostitute pimp guitar player adufe player (square tambourine) rattle player Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) the mancebía (brothel)
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Tuned bells of the Giralda (1584)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
29-02-2016
the pealing of bells Baltasar Villada (organist) Francisco Peraza I (composer, organist) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) bell-ringer cathedral of Sevilla. Bell tower (la Giralda) Sevilla cathedral
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Portrait of Francisco Peraza, prebendary organist at the cathedral of Seville (1599)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
28-02-2016
literary portrait / panegyric Francisco Peraza I (composer, organist) organist Francisco Pacheco (painter, writer) cathedral of Sevilla. Choir cathedral of Sevilla. Chapel of Santa María de la Antigua Sevilla cathedral
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The Royal foundation of the convent of the Comendadoras de Santiago in Granada (1501)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
27-02-2016

The monastery of the Comendadoras de Santiago was founded by the Catholic Monarchs to fulfil Queen Isabella's promise to build a convent in the last city to be conquered from …

mass Te deum laudamus (hymn) women and musical networks project Isabel l (queen) Fernando II de Aragón y V de Castilla (king) Rodrigo de Borja (cardinal, pope Alexandre VI) Hernando de Talavera (first archbishop of Granada) Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (archbishop, cardinal) Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, Second Count of Tendilla, First Marquis of Mondéjar Enrique Enríquez de Quiñones (comendador de Montalbán) Juan Chacón (comendador de Caravaca) Francisco Martínez Vellón (knight of the Order of Santiago) Leonor de Lobera (nun, prioress) Catalina Flores (nun, viceprioress) Catalina López de Toledo (nun) music chapels of the Catholic Kings nuns Juan de Anchieta (composer, singer) convent of la Madre de Dios (comendadoras of the Military Order of Santiago)
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Miguel de Cervantes, resident in Santa María Magdalena neighborhood (1589-1590)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
26-02-2016
census taking mass liturgical office Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (writer) church of Santa María Magdalena
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