CANTIGAS DE SANTA MARÍA

CANTIGAS - They are 420 poems written in the Medieval Galician language during the reign

of ‘Alfonso X el Sabio’ (1221-1284) In every song it is mention the Virgin Mary while every tenth song is a hymn.

- The cantigas that have survived in four manuscripts are conserved in El Escorial, at Madrid's National Library and in Florence, Italy. The manuscript at the Escorial has 122 cantigas.

INSTRUMENTS IN THE CANTIGASString instruments:

-Arpa,cítara, cítolas, guitarra Latina, baldosas,Guitarras, laúdes, Rabel y salterio, Salterio, rota, salterio, vihuela de arco, vihuelas de peñola, zanfoña

Percussion instruments:

-Carrillón diatónico, Carrillón con martillo, címbalos, tamboriles y flautas, tejoletas y chirimía, albogón y darbuka.

Wind instruments:

-Chirimías, órgano portativo y cornetas, albogues,caramillo y alboque o chirimía vasca, cornetas, chirimías, flautas travesera, gaita.

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