Antoni Pizà, born in Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain, in 1962, is a musicologist. After receiving a PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center of City University of New York in 1994, he taught music history at Hofstra University in Long Island, at various colleges in CUNY, and at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de las Islas Baleares. He is currently the director of the Foundation for Iberian Music and a member of the doctoral faculty in music at the Graduate Center of CUNY. Since the 2000s, he has curated a series of musical events at the Graduate Center featuring well-known musicians and authors, including Charles Rosen, Philip Glass, Claire Chase, David Harrington, Roger Scruton, Greil Marcus, Richard Taruskin, Paul Griffiths, and others.
The Xuetes are a social group on the Spanish island of Majorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, who are descendants of Majorcan Jews that either were conversos or were Crypto-Jews, forced to keep their religion hidden. They practiced strict endogamy by marrying only within their own group. Many of their descendants observe a syncretist form of Christian worship known as Xueta Christianity.
Chantal Maillard is a contemporary Spanish poet and philosopher.
The first names, or glossonyms, of the Catalan/Valencian language formed in a dialectal relation with Latin, in which Catalan existed as a variety. These names already expressed the relationship between the two languages. New names that related Catalan to Rome came about to dignify the Catalan language in the thirteenth century, though Latinists called it vulgar and the people planus, or pla.
The 2012–13 Copa del Rey was the 111th staging of the Copa del Rey. The competition began on 29 August 2012 and ended on 17 May 2013 with the final, held at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, in which Atlético Madrid lifted the trophy for the tenth time in their history with a 2–1 victory over hosts Real Madrid in extra time. Barcelona were the defending champions but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the semi-finals. Going into the competition, the winners were assured of a place in the group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, but both finalists had already qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League a few weeks before.
The 2013–14 Segunda División season was the 83rd since its establishment. The season started on 17 August 2013 and the league phase of 42 rounds ended on 8 June 2014. The entire season ended on 22 June 2014 with the promotion play-off finals.
Ana María Vázquez Hoys is a Spanish ancient history professor and book author. She collaborates in educational radio and television programs and gives talks at conferences on Ancient History. She studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid before becoming a teacher at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia in Madrid, Spain.
The conquest of the island of Majorca on behalf of the Roman Catholic kingdoms was carried out by King James I of Aragon between 1229 and 1231. The pact to carry out the invasion, concluded between James I and the ecclesiastical and secular leaders, was ratified in Tarragona on 28 August 1229. It was open and promised conditions of parity for all who wished to participate.
Raimon Arola Ferrer, Doctor of Art History and professor at the University of Barcelona, is one of the leading specialists in sacred symbolism, art and Hermetic tradition. He has given numerous seminars in different universities and has collaborated in the journal La Puerta. He is currently the director of Arsgravis and participates in the research group Aula Música Poètica. All of his many publications have international recognition.
The 2014–15 Segunda División season is the 84th since its establishment. The campaign began on 23 August 2014 and the league phase of 42 rounds ended on 7 June 2015. The entire season ended on 21 June 2015 with the promotion play-off finals.
Inca is a town of 30,000 inhabitants located at the center of the island of Majorca in the Spanish province of Islas Baleares.
Laia Martínez i López, also known as Laia MaLo, is a Catalan writer and musician.
The Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner, written by the Catalan burgher and administrator Ramon Muntaner in Xirivella, Kingdom of Valencia, in 1325–1328, is the longest in the series of four "great" Catalan-language chronicles of the 13th and 14th centuries. It narrates events relating to the history of the Crown of Aragon and to Muntaner's personal career in Iberia, Sicily, the Aegean and North Africa and spans the period from the conception of James I of Aragon in May 1207 to the coronation of Alfonso IV of Aragon in April 1328. Its character of "mirror of princes" and "mirror of citizens" has been pointed out by scholars.
The Ramon Llull Award is an honor awarded annually by the Government of the Balearic Islands to persons or entities of the Balearic Islands that have excelled in any field. It was established in 1997 by Decree 3/2014.
Luis de la Sierra Fernández was a Spanish writer, historian and sailor mostly known for his naval military history and travelling books.
Manuel García Gargallo is a Spanish researcher and writer, specialized in history of sport. He graduated in History at University of Barcelona (UB). His books have focused on sport in Balearic Islands, especially football and cycling, as well as classical music. He fought for preservation of sports cultural heritage by preservation of Velodrome of Tirador and recovery with neighboring Canódromo Balear as future Urban Forest of the city. He collaborates in regional press, writing about these topics and others like history or actuality.
Rosa Planas Ferrer is a writer, philologist, literary critic and history researcher.
The Pine of Formentor is one of the most well-known and celebrated poems by Miquel Costa i Llobera. Technically, it is considered as the culmination of the Romantic poetry in the Catalan language.
Lluís Sitjar Castellà was a Majorcan sports and political leader from Palma. He is known for having been president of CD Mallorca and giving the name to his stadium, as well as for having been a member of Falange Española and being implicated in the executions of political prisoners during Spanish Civil War.
