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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
Space occupied by the Corral de Comedias of the Duke of Medina Sidonia
The theatrical company of Manuela de Escamilla in the Corral de Comedias in Medina Sidonia (1690)

The theatrical company of Manuela de Escamilla in the Corral de Comedias in Medina Sidonia …

Nov. 14, 2021
Church of Santa María (c. 1845)
Celebrations of the transfer of the image of Nuestra Señora de la Almudena to her church (1640)

During the two years that the repair work on the church of Santa María lasted, …

Nov. 14, 2021
Choir of the old collegiate church of Santa María la Mayor y del Pilar. Picture by  José Antonio Cabetas
Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the basilica of El Pilar in Zaragoza (1546-1603)

Incorporation of the wind players to the musical resources of the basilica of El Pilar …

Nov. 13, 2021

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Music lessons at the convent of San Leandro in Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

Francisco Pacheco, biographer and portraitist of the organist Francisco Peraza (I), provides us with news of two of his outstanding pupils, "las Alcázares", "berberiscas", who were professed as musical nuns …

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The soundscape of the Carrera del Darro in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The chronicler Francisco Henríquez de Jorquera, in his description of Granada's Carrera del Darro, provides us with different elements of its characteristic soundscape, in which the sound of the minstrels …

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Music of minstrels in the square of the Puerta de Guadix in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

In the neighborhood of the Axares, at the beginning of the 17th century, the space that bordered the Darro River was remodeled to form the Plaza de la Puerta de …

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