Description
Book SynopsisAn edition for performers and scholars of the "Cantigas de Loor", a sub-corpus of the "Cantigas of Santa Maria", a vast collection of over 400 songs with texts in the Galician language, ascribed to King Alfonso the Wise (reigned 1252-84). The introduction is in English with parallel Spanish. There is also a chapter on the pronumciation of medieval Galician to aid performers as well as offering a contemporary understanding of the late 13th-century mensural notation.
Trade Review"Here is a rich story of medieval music and religious song undistorted by copying or use over seven centuries and with all the scholarship that could satisfy the student of language or music." Books Ireland Summer 2000 "for the useful summary of current thinking on the Cantigas, the invaluable guide to pronunciation, the literal translations that allow the performer to understand each work he or she is singing and the perceptive notes to each song, this edition is indispensable to both scholar and performer." Times Literary Supplement Feb 2001
Table of ContentsAlfonso and the "Cantigas"; the notation of the "Cantigas"; the language of the "Cantigas".
