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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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Sounds in the Battle of La Higueruela (1431)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
09-12-2017
batlle heraldic music animal sounds diverse noises bustle in the street Te deum laudamus (hymn) procession earthquake Juan II (king of Castile) Mohammed IX (sultan of Granada) Álvaro de Luna (Constable of Castile) Alonso Pimentel y Enríquez (III Count of Benavente) chaplains soldiers crowd drum player trumpeter knights horses various places
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Villancicos for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Seville Cathedral (villancicos, 1615-1645)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
07-12-2017

In 1615, Gonzalo del Campo, canon and archdeacon of Niebla in Seville Cathedral, endowed the matins on the day of the Immaculate Conception, which meant an increase in the ritual …

the Immaculate Conception songs (villancicos) Christmas song (villancico) matins of the feast of Immaculate Conception matins feast of the Conception of Mary Francisco de Santiago (composer, chapel master, Carmelite) Manuel Correa del Campo (composer, alto, prebendary) Diego de Palacios (choirboy, chaplain, magister of poliphony, composer) music chapel of the cathedral Gonzalo del Campo (canon, archdeacon of Niebla, archbishop) Sevilla cathedral cathedral of Sevilla. Choir
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Immaculate Conception songs (villancicos, 1662)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
07-12-2017
the Immaculate Conception songs (villancicos) feast of the Conception of Mary matins of the feast of Immaculate Conception matins Christmas song (villancico) Ginés Martínez de Gálvez (chapel master) music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Seville) collegiate church of San Salvador
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The sounds of the Al-Buhayra al-Kubra

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
05-12-2017
domestic music making sound of the water sound of animals Al-Mu'tamid (king of the taifa of Sevilla) Abu Yacub Yusuf (Almohad caliph) Ibn Sahib al-Salat (Almohade chronicler) lute player singer water birds Al-Buhayra al-Kubra (Huerta del Rey)
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The sounds of the Alcázar Genil

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
03-12-2017

The Alcazar Genil (Qasar al-Sayyid or Alcázar del Señor), a royal periurban almunia of Almohad origin, near the hermitage of San Sebastián, was ordered to be built in 1218 by …

domestic music making sound of the water sound of animals naumachia lute player singer water birds alcázar Genil
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Musical evenings in noble halls of Sevilla (c.1770-c-1780)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
30-11-2017

A piece of information provided by the English traveller Richard Twiss, referring to his visit to Seville in August 1773, gives us an insight into the musical activity that took …

musical evening domestic music making dances women and musical networks project Francisco Javier Ruiz del Arco y Soldevilla, I marquis of Arco Hermoso María Francisca Alós (Marchioness of Malespina) Richard Twiss (English traveler, writer) Henry Swinburne (English traveler, writer) Luisa de Utrera y Prado Sarmiento (Marchioness of Arco Hermoso) Fracisco Gausi Driget (Marquis of Malaspina) palace of Francisco Manuel Ruiz del Arco y Utrera, II marquis of Arco Hermoso
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Musical evenings sponsored by Pablo de Olavide in the halls of the Alcázar (1767-1773)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
28-11-2017

The literary, artistic and musical gatherings and concerts organised by Pablo de Olavide at his residence in the Alcázar during his stay in Seville (1767-1773) were probably one of the …

musical evening domestic music making women and musical networks project Pablo de Olavide y Jáuregui (politician and writer) musicians Francisco Fernández de las Peñas Ramírez de Guzmán (veinticuatro of Sevilla) Tomás de Guzmán (veinticuatro of Sevilla) Micaela Josefa Campo de la Vega (Marchioness of Villarubia de Langle) Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos y Ramírez (writer) Fracisco Gausi Driget (Marquis of Malaspina) María Francisca Alós (Marchioness of Malespina) Francisco Bruna (magistrate of the Real Audiencia of Sevilla) Mariana Villalón Fernando Pintado (Marquis of Torreblanca) Jerónimo de Mendinueta y Múzquiz, (Count of Cimera) José Bucareli y Ursúa (Marquis of Vallehermoso) Richard Twiss (English traveler, writer) reales alcázares
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An opera for the wedding of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
26-11-2017

In the festivities that were celebrated on the occasion of the marriage of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750), the premiere of the “opera” Daño y provecho …

weddings zarzuela opera domestic music making women and musical networks project Gabriel Ruiz (jesuit, writer) Princess of Esterclaes, Duchess of the Holy Roman Empire college of San Pablo (jesuits) unknown location
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José [López] Pintado (1741-1819), a Jesuit musician from Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville
23-11-2017

José [López] Pintado, grandson of Manuel López-Pintado Almonacid, 1st Marquis of Torreblanca, was born in Seville on 12 January 1741. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1755 and was …

music education domestic music making José López Pintado (jesuit, musicólogist) Manuel López-Pintado Almonacid (I marqués de Torreblanca) palace of Manuel López Pintado, I marquis of Torreblanca del Aljarafe casa profesa de la Compañía de Jesús convent of Santa María de los Reyes (Discalzed Dominicans)
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Stage play to celebrate the appointment of Onésimo de Salamanca as archbishop of Granada (1753)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
21-11-2017
theatre performance Society of Jesus Gabriel Ruiz (jesuit, writer) students of the college of San Pablo Onésimo Salamanca (archbishop) musicians college of San Pablo (jesuits)
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