Cantigas de Santa Maria (Alfonso X of Castile)

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Naxos

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Santa Maria, strela do dia (No.100)

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Misc. Notes Cantiga #100 arranged for SATB recorders
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Sheet Music

Scores

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1200s).
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Misc. Notes Color scan at 8bpp. Music starts on p.18 of the PDF.
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KGill (2016/1/25)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1200s).
Reprinted La musica de las Cantigas : estudio sobre su origen y naturaleza
Madrid: Tipografia de la Revista de Archivos, (1922).
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Misc. Notes 300dpi B/W. Also includes extracts from the Escorial Codex (princeps) at the end.
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. !!!Attention, the whole sentence in the second verse of the song is missing!!!
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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Santa Maria, strela do dia (No.100)

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A Que Por Muy Gran Fremosa (No.384)

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General Information

Work Title Cantigas de Santa Maria
Alternative. Title
Composer Alfonso X of Castile
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IA 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Varies by codex:
Escorial (codice princeps): 406 cantigas
Escorial (codice rico): 195 cantigas
Florence: 104 cantigas, text only (unfinished)
Toledo: 129 cantigas

CSM (see link below) lists 427 in all. See this page for a complete cross-listing of the contents of Toledo.

Language Medieval Galician-Portuguese
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Medieval
Piece Style Medieval
Instrumentation voice
External Links Wikipedia article
CSM for Singers
Greg Lindahl's website
Extra Information Although these are traditionally ascribed to Alfonso X of Castile, according to Grove Music "there is disagreement about whether the king limited his part to supervision or whether he wrote some of the words and music himself".