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<em>Higueruela battle</em> (detail). Orazio Cambiaso (1587-1589)
Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Luis del Mármol Carvajal, in his Descripción general de África, published in 1573, gives us …

Dec. 5, 2021
Our Lady of the Solitude
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza.

Dec. 3, 2021
The main chaple. Cathedral of Granada. Francisco de Heylan
Uproar at the celebration of mass and imprisonment of the minstrels and organist of Granada Cathedral (1595)

The trial brought by the court of the Inquisition of Granada against some members of …

Dec. 1, 2021
Door of the comedy corral of the Hospital de la Magdalena in Ávila (picture by A. de Vicente)
Comedies whit music in the <em>Corral de Comedias</em> in Ávila (1754)

Every year, during the months of June and July, a series of festivals took place …

Nov. 19, 2021

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Academy held in the house of Pedro Verdugo Ursúa y Albornoz (1707)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-11-2016

In 1707, on the occasion of the birth of Luis Fernando, Prince of Asturias, an Academy was held at the Granada residence of Pedro Verdugo Ursúa y Albornoz, II Count …

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Teaching of plainchant and liturgical activity in the college of Niñas Nobles

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-10-2016

The college of the Niñas Nobles was the most important educational institution for the women of Granada's elite in the Modern Age. Their instruction included sewing, embroidery, reading, writing "and …

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