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Christ of the Expiration. Attributed to Diego de Aranda (16th century). Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada
Lenten Misereres sung in front of the image of the Christ of the Expiration in the church of San Gil

Lenten Misereres sung in front of the image of the Christ of the Expiration in …

Dec. 8, 2021
<em>Coro de la catedral de Ávila</em>. Arturo Somoza de Armas. Museo del Prado
Ávila
Sebastián de Vivanco and the musical libraries

On three separate occasions, music books were found to be missing soon after Sebastián de …

Dec. 6, 2021
<em>Higueruela battle</em> (detail). Orazio Cambiaso (1587-1589)
Fez
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
Granada
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza.

Dec. 3, 2021

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Pious endowments of the painter Pedro Villegas Marmolejo (1596)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 31, 2017
requiem mass matins for the dead (= vigil) feast of the Conception of Mary AAT feast of Saint Mary Magdalene chaplaincy of masses to play the organ confraternities project confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament Pedro Villegas Marmolejo (painter) chaplains AAT organist AAT confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Lorenzo church of San Lorenzo
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The Old Hispanic liturgy in Muslim Sevilla

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 26, 2017
mass AAT divine office clergy Triana various places
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Feast of Saint Joseph in Carpintería street

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Aug. 24, 2017
feast of Saint Joseph illuminations AAT fireworks AAT carpenters guild wind players crowd Carpintería street
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Celebration of the appointment of Francisco de Solis Folch de Cardona as co-administrator of the archbishopric of Seville (1749)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 21, 2017

On 4 October 1749, the Society of Jesus celebrated at the College of San Hermenegildo the appointment of Francisco de Solis Folch de Cardona as co-administrator of the archbishopric of …

loa (a short theatrical piece) comedia (secular play) AAT dances AAT contradanza theatre performance dramatic music Francisco de Solis Folch de Cardona (cardinal, archbishop) José de Vargas (jesuit) Pedro Tortolero (engraver, painter) Antonio Polaina Caballero (chapel master, composer) Rafael de Córdoba (jesuit, Metaphysics teacher) dances horn transverse flute player pianist violin player college of San Hermenegildo (Jesuits)
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Inventory of the musical instruments belonging to the Capilla Real (1800)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Aug. 18, 2017
inventory of musical instruments horn clarion double bass oboe cello royal chapel
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Organ of the convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Aug. 15, 2017
organ AAT organ repair Casimiro Torres Jiménez (organ builder) Adolfo Montero Weiss (organ and piano builder) convent of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Franciscans nuns)
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Polyphony and liturgy in the female convents of Seville (c.1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 13, 2017

The visit that the cardinal archbishop of Seville, Fernando Niño de Guevara, made to the women's convents of Seville on 1 July 1603, provides us with important information on the …

tierce mass AAT vespers women and musical networks project music chapel of the convent of San Leandro music chapel of the convent of San Clemente music chapel of the convent of Santa Clara music chapel of the convent of Santa María de las Dueñas music chapel of the convent of Santa Paula (Sevilla) Fernando Niño de Guevara (cardinal, archbishop, general inquisitor) singer AAT wind players convent of San Leandro (Augustinians) convent of San Clemente (Cistercians) convent of Santa Paula (Jeronimites) convent of Santa María de las Dueñas (Cistercians) convent of Santa Clara (Franciscans) various places
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Organ in the convent of Santa Inés (1770)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Aug. 12, 2017

The inscription on the organ’s windchest of the convent of Santa Inés tells us that this instrument was built in 1770 by Salvador Pabón y Valdés at the request of …

organ AAT organ repair women and musical networks project Salvador Pabón y Valdés (organ builder) Adolfo Montero Weiss (organ and piano builder) Leonor María Maza (nun) convent of Santa Inés (Franciscans)
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Cultual activities of the confraternity of Our Lady of Aid and the Blessed Souls of Purgatory

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Seville TGN
Aug. 10, 2017
feast of Our Lady of Aid funeral rites mass AAT vespers requiem mass matins for the dead (= vigil) confraternities project Marian confraternities confraternities of the Souls in Purgatory confraternity of Our Lady of Aid and the Blessed Souls of Purgatory convent of San Benito de la Calzada (Benedictines)
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Endowment of an octave of the Immaculate Conception (1691)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Granada TGN
Aug. 9, 2017

On 27 December 1691, Alonso Bernardo de los Ríos, archbishop of Granada, founded an octave dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in the convent of Jesús y María, which was celebrated …

octave of the Immaculate Conception octave Alonso Bernardo de los Ríos (archbishop) music chapel of the cathedral Francisca de la Concepción (nun) convent of Jesús y María (Capuchin Franciscans)
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