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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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The sounds of the Alcázar Genil

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
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 …

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An opera for the wedding of the daughter of the Princess of Esterclaes (c. 1750)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
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 …

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