On 28 June 1556, Leopoldo de Austria, Bishop of Cordoba, blessed the new church of …
A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and …
Confraternities at the church of San Juan de los Reyes.
In 1721, three villancicos were sung in the Carmelite convent of St. Albert, in Calatayud …
On Carnival Sunday 1746 (20 February), the Real Maestranza of the city of Granada, which was under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception, organised a series of festivities as a …
Taverns were a favourable setting for the performance of popular music, as is reflected in the painting Three Musicians (c. 1617), one of the youthful works of the Sevillian painter …
Read articleIn the first half of the 14th century, the Banu Sidi Buna family established a zawiyya (= marabout) in the upper part of the Albaicín that survived until the capture of the city …