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	CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARIA
		Each cantiga is represented in six or twelve (and in one case eight) illuminated panels that describe visually the miracle recounted in the song.
		Galicia was the site of Santiago de Compostella, one of the greatest shrines of the Christian world, therefore it was exposed to pilgrims from all over Europe, which brought with them stories from their respective countries, as well as the elaborate poetry of the Provençal troubadours.
		The Holy Mary is credited with healing powers, as in cantiga 37 where she restores an amputated foot and in cantiga 69 where she made a deaf-mute speak, and even with bringing the dead back to life, as in cantigas 21 and 33 where she restores to life a child and a pilgrim.
	www.mynydd-gwyn.org /AnsValeriaArticle1.htm (1126 words)

	Discography of Cantigas and related medieval music
		The Cantigas de Santa Maria is a collection of over 400 songs about the Blessed Virgin Mary, compiled under the direction of King Alfonso X (the Wise) of Spain in the 13th century.
		The Cantigas de Amigo, by the 13th-century Portuguese Martim Codax, is the first known "song cycle": the songs share considerable melodic and textual material.
		Campus Stellae: from the Abbey of Saint-Martial de Limoges to Santiago de Compostela (LC 5718)
	www.ostgardr.org /music/cantigas.html (856 words)

	Cantigas de Santa Maria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An illustration from the E codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
		The Cantigas de Santa Maria ("Songs to the Virgin Mary") are manuscripts were written in Galician-Portuguese, with music notation, during the reign of Alfonso X El Sabio (1221-1284) and are one of the largest collections of monophonic (solo) songs from the middle ages.
		The Cantigas are composed of 420 poems, 356 of which are in a narrative format relating to Virgin Mary miracles; the rest of them, except an introduction and two prologues, are of lore or involve Marian festivities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria (527 words)

	Cantigas
		The Cantigas de Santa Maria were commissioned by Alfonso X (1221-1284), king of Castile and Leon.
		The ensemble performs with a bevy of instruments and 2 male voices, although one is a counter-tenor, which is a man singing in the soprano range as if certain body parts are unnaturally constricted, but without the resultant cracked notes and tears.
		One of the nice things about the Cantigas de Santa Maria is that, with over 400 songs, you can buy a lot of recordings of them and never worry about getting all the same pieces again.
	www.thehendricks.net /Cantigas_de_santa_maria.htm (1009 words)

	INKPOT#76 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: "MADRE DE DEUS" - Cantigas de Santa Maria. Micrologus (Opus 111)
		Cantiga 422, is the title song of the album (though the name "Mother of God" appears everywhere) - a beautiful piece which "tells how the Blessed Virgin Mary will pray Her Son for us on the Day of Judgement".
		At the onset of the dance of Cantiga 328, Sabor á Santa Maria, the mood of the joyous Qual é a santivigada, as flute and drums lead the chitarra latina in a merry processional, joined later by the castanets.
		It is not the Christian dimension of the Cantigas di Santa Maria that appeals to me, but the power of the story-telling, the universal goodness, the miracles and compassion of the Virgin; and the sincerity of the King who believed wholeheartedly in capturing it all in art.
	inkpot.com /classical/madredeus.html (1324 words)

	PROTECTED SEX: A NEW LOOK AT THE CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARÍA
		Cantigas corpus have been examined for many categories of information—poetic, folkloric, religious, and historical; however, to my knowledge, no systematic analysis has been undertaken on the subject of sex,which is central to fifteen percent of the tales in the collection.
		Cantigas presents the compositions as examples of the wondrous power and merciful kindness of the Virgin Mary, the sexual exploits of monks, abbesses, incestuous mothers, and sex-crazed husbands have been for all practical purposes erased.
		In the first case, the protagonist is “a onrrada dona de Roma” (3.1.2.1; the honorable woman of Rome) after her husband dies, finds “solace” in their son and bears the child of this incestuous liaison.
	tell.fll.purdue.edu /RLA-Archive/1996/Spanish-html/McCormick,Anne.htm (8263 words)

	Alfonso X el Sabio : Cantigas de Santa Maria -Jordi Savall, Hesperion XX, Capelle Reial de Catalunya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		"..the Cantigas de Santa Maria, with more than four hundred works dedicated to the Virgin, must have been composed in the second half of the XIII century, around 1250-80, under the direction of Alfonso X, "the Wise", who was then King of Castille"...
		These are known as the Cantigas de loor, in which the Virgin Mary is praised, her role as a mediator is appreciated, or her virtues are sung.
		Cantigas" by Sophie Roughol in Goldbgerg, # 1, pp.43-49.
	www.classicalacarte.net /Fiches/8508.htm (753 words)

	Accentuation and Duration in the Music of the
		In the Cantigas, however, we may assume that conveying the text to an audience was of paramount importance, and conflicts between melodic and textual accents might well have defeated that purpose.
		A rendition of cantigas in such a declamatory rhythm would not contain any conflicts between melodic and textual accents, but it would still contain passages in which an unimportant syllable, such as a mute e, is sung to several pitches, while a crucial word receives only one pitch.
		Even a largescale comparison of musical and textual characteristics in motets, chansons, and cantigas is not likely to reveal reliable information on the topics at hand, but it is obvious that the Cantigas are more closely related to the monophonic songs of the troubadours and trouveres than to the polyphonic and polytextual motets.
	faculty.washington.edu /petersen/alfonso/muswerf.htm (3567 words)

	Alfonso X el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria / Savall Classical
		Cantigas de Santa Maria: no 176, Soltar pode muit
		Cantigas de Santa Maria: no 400, Pero cantigas de loor
		Cantigas de Santa Maria: no 209, Muito faz grand' erro
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/6094119/a/Alfonso+X+el+Sabio%3A+Cantigas+de+Santa+Maria+%2F+Savall.htm (438 words)

	Camerata Mediterranea: Cantigas
		They are preserved in several large and elaborate manuscripts prepared at the royal court; and while it is doubtful that the King composed all of the songs personally, it is clear that he was closely involved, emotionally and materially, in their compilation.
		The Arabo-andalusian pieces that serve as preludes and postludes to the Cantigas on this recording were chosen for their intrinsic beauty first of all, but also for their musical kinship with certain Cantigas melodies.
		The preparation of these Cantigas has been a large undertaking, as exhilarating and passionate in its human interactions as it has been on the scholarly and musical front.Special thanks are due Erato Disques, Paris, for their courage and foresight in supporting this project.
	www.bostoncamerata.com /cd/titles/cantigas.htm (1271 words)

	Amazon.ca: Cantigas De Santa Maria: Music: Anonymous,Unicorn Ensemble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Cantigas De Santa Maria: Rosa das rosas
		The Cantigas De Santa Maria: Entre Av'e Eva
		The Spanish King, Alfonso X, compiled the Cantigas of Santa Maria which were published into exquisitely decorated manuscripts.
	www.amazon.ca /Cantigas-Santa-Maria/dp/B00000144Y (623 words)

	Antequera / Johannette Zomer - Cantigas de Santa Maria / RootsWorld Recording Review
		Nine of the over 400 existing cantigas are presented here, interspersed with three instrumentals.
		Unlike many other cantigas that survived the ages, in which the text only exists, the Cantigas de Santa Maria come to us with the music intact.
		The song itself, the first cantiga, tells of the seven joys granted to Mary by her Son.
	www.rootsworld.com /0603123/reviews/cantigas05.shtml (322 words)

	Cantigas de Santa Maria, de Alfonso X, el Sabio
		de moças que vees, que non son sandias,
		[C]omo Santa Maria livrou de morte hûa donsela que prometera de guardar sa virgîîdade.
		de ssi que dun cuitelo se feriu eno peito;
	www.historiaviva.org /cantigas/todas.shtml (832 words)

	Alfonso X
		Resumen/Summary de las obras comisionadas por Alfonso X (con breve descipción de algunas) / of the works commissioned by Alfonso X (with brief description of some).
		Cantigas de Santa Maria (de loor y milagros: in praise of and miracles)
		Cantiga # 10 English/Gallego-Portugués in praise of the Virgin
	faculty.washington.edu /petersen/alfonso/alfonsox.htm (274 words)

	Grupo SEMA. Cantigas de Santa María. Alfonso X el Sabio
		Prologo das Cantigas de Santa Maria, ementando as cousas que á mester eno trobar.
		Esta é como Santa Maria fez fazer aos babous que crian a seda duas toucas, porque a dona que os guardava lle prometera huna et non ll'a dera.
		Como Santa Maria guardou un ome que apedrearon que non moresse ata que sse menfestasse, porque jajunava as vigias das sas festas.
	www.arrakis.es /~gru.sema/prog05.htm (305 words)

	AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - Alfonso El Sabio und Cantigas De Santa Maria
		Cantigas de Santa María/El Cantar de los Cantares/Sonetos/Coplas que hizo por la muerte de su padre D. Rodrigo.
		Cantigas De Santa Maria; Eno Nome De Maria.
		CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARÍA - VOLUMEN I y II:edic.facsímil de 1889- VOLUMEN III:LA MÚSICA DE LAS CANTIGAS.Edic.facsímil de la de 1922.(Reproduc.fotográficas y transcripción moderna).
	www.abebooks.de /search/sortby/3/an/Alfonso+El+Sabio+/tn/+Cantigas+De+Santa+Maria (387 words)

	Amazon.com: Cantigas De Santa Maria (Alfonso X El Sabio): Music: Arabic-Andalusian Traditional,Alfonso X (el ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This is one of the finest performances I have heard of the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
		Though the influence of eastern music on the Cantigas is very controversial, its deliberate use here, in the microtones and rhythmic patterns, is extremely effective and gives the whole disc an atmosphere of authenticity not many have.
		The juxtaposition of a song in Arabic with "A Santa Maria dadas" is shocking, but again, effective.
	www.amazon.com /Cantigas-Santa-Maria-Alfonso-Sabio/dp/B0000206A9 (918 words)

	Amazon.com: Las Cantigas de Santa Maria: Music: Alfonso X (el Sabio),Russell Oberlin,Joseph Iadone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Prologue to the "Cantigas de Santa María" (Porque trobar é cousa en que jaz)
		Cantiga de Santa María 36, Muit' amar devemos en nossas voontades
		Cantiga de Santa María 205, Oraçon con piadade oe a Virgen de grado
	www.amazon.com /Cantigas-Santa-Maria-Alfonso-Sabio/dp/B0000022AY (741 words)

	Alfonso el Sabio - A discography of attributed works
		The term "cantiga" simply means a Spanish medieval lyric, something which survives in quantity, in numerous genres distinguished by the type of narrative.
		The Cantigas de Santa María are typical of cantigas in using the Galician-Portuguese language, the "lingua franca" so to speak of Iberian medieval poetry, and the ancestor of the present Portuguese and Galician languages.
		The Cantigas de Santa María encompass a huge number of themes, make reference to a variety of countries and places, and basically serve to tie everything in medieval life to miracles of the Virgin Mary.
	www.medieval.org /emfaq/composers/cantigas.html (7145 words)

	The Oxford Cantigas de Santa Maria database \| Introduction to the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		CSM are thus more than a body of literature or a miracle collection, they are a cultural project of great importance for medieval literature, music, and art, and for the history of patronage.
		Alfonso X’s ‘Cantigas Project’ occupied most of his reign (1252-1284) and was seen by him as an important part of both his political survival and his personal salvation.
		Four contemporary manuscripts survive: To (the Toledo MS, now in the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid), T (the códice rico, in the Escorial Library, E (the códice de los músicos, also in the Escorial) and F (the Florence MS, in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence).
	csm.mml.ox.ac.uk /index.php?p=intro (160 words)

	Cantigas: Voices of Spain
		As with the recent reclaiming by the Italians of their vernacular (and, increasingly, Latin sacred) repertories from the renaissance, in Spain, the rich heritage of music from the middle ages is now a normal part of the concert repertoire of native performers and is to be heard on a substantial number of recordings.
		The Cantigas de Santa Maria, over 400 of them, form another aspect of this mosaic, a para-liturgical one, the word ‘cantiga’ meaning a poetical composition for a song.
		Its sound world is distinctively Savall, the dark-hued voices of the Capella Reial de Catalunya blending with his usual rich variety of instrumental colours.
	www.ivanmoody.co.uk /articles.spain.htm (1746 words)

	Humbul full record view for -- The cantigas de Santa María (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		On the site, users may view facsimiles of both the To Codex and the E Codex and each cantiga is available as a standard and small gif file, as well as a printable PDF.
		The illuminations that accompany every tenth cantiga in the E Codex may also be viewed here.
		The site also provides a good list of links to related Web resources, but the links to the transcriptions of the cantigas, available through the Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes, were broken at the time of cataloguing.
	www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full2.php?id=13540 (207 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Cantigas de Santa Maria: Music: Alfonso X El Sabio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		I've had two CDs of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, recorded by the Clemencic Consort, for years, and was fairly satisfied with them.
		Suddenly the Cantigas de Santa Maria are alive, dark and smoky and passionate and spiritual.
		His commissioning of the Cantigas was one of his most inspired creative acts.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Cantigas-Santa-Maria-Alfonso-Sabio/dp/B00068C8AQ (386 words)

	Oxford Blueprint: 6 October 2005: Cantigas de Santa Maria on searchable inernet database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Previously dispersed or inaccessible scholarly information about one of the greatest collections of medieval Hispanic verse has now been made available on a searchable database on the internet.
		The Cantigas de Santa Maria ('Songs in praise of the Virgin Mary') were compiled in the second half of the thirteenth century by King Alfonso X of Castile.
		The project coincides with a recent acquisition by the Taylor Institution Library, which was able to obtain a valuable facsimile of the main illustrated manuscript of the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
	www.ox.ac.uk /blueprint/2005-06/0610/09.shtml (122 words)

	Thomas Binkley/ Mittelalter Ensemble der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/ Montserrat Figueras/
		This recording from 1980 contains only five cantigas, but all highly ornamented, and all preceded by long instrumental preludes (usually on the lute) in the style of the troubadours.
		Montserrat Figueras, Josep Benet and Joaquim Proubasta share the verses, accompanied by the instrumental group from the Schola Cantorum of Basle.
		Here too, and even though it be one of the first "musicological" versions of the Cantigas, one might question the reality of their realization: Montserrat Figueras has a very particular vocal style, intensely seductive.
	www.goldbergweb.com /fr/discography/1980/6026.php (135 words)

	Presto Classical - Alfonso X - Cantigas de Santa Maria - Buy music CDs & DVDs online
		His major achievement was the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a work possibly influenced by Les Miracles de Nostre-Dame by the Frenchman Gautier de Coinci (1177-1236).
		The Cantigas, numbering 472 in all and relating miracles accomplished by the Virgin Mary, have survived in four manuscripts, precious documents, from the textual, iconographical and musical points of view.
		Alfonso was not the author of all the pieces in the collection, but they were written under his supervision during his lifetime.
	www.prestoclassical.co.uk /w/19268 (187 words)

	Facsimiles of Illuminated Manuscripts in Special Collections
		This is a fine art color facsimile of the Escorial MS, also known as the E codex.
		The E Codex - from El Escorial, and originally from the royal court of Seville, is in two volumes and is the largest collection of the Cantigas; it is richly illuminated in a Gothic hand, containing no less than 1262 carefully detailed miniatures, and has been dated to 1280-1283.
		The original codex E is in the palace complex library San Lorenzo de El Escorial, a town northwest of Madrid, Spain.
	www.library.arizona.edu /exhibits/illuman/12_08.html (159 words)

	ALFONSO X EL SABIO/ Antequera/ Johanette Zomer/
		The melodic profile of the Cantigas de Santa María offers a surprising range of musical possibilities.
		Many of these have already been tried, and the countless recordings to be found on the market (it would be worth producing a monographic catalogue of these) thus present a veritable mosaic of options.
		A purely instrumental performance (Como ponden) would be questionable, whereas the sung chorus and the narrated verses take us right to the melodies of the Wise King.
	www.goldberg-magazine.com /en/discography/2004/17955.php (244 words)

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		The Cantigas de Santa Maria, compiled at the end of the 13th century by King Alfonso X of Castile, are one of the most extensive collections of medieval Hispanic verse and music, comprising 420 narrative and lyric poems in praise of the Virgin Mary, almost all accompanied by music.
		The poems are contained in four closely related manuscripts, all from the late 13th or early fourteenth centuries, two of which contain large numbers of pages of vignettes illustrating the poems, themselves major works of medieval art.
		The database is the first stage of the Oxford Cantigas Edition Project, which will produce a new critical and annotated edition of the complete corpus of poems.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~srp/csmdb.html (343 words)

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