Music Banter - View Single Post

Zaqarbal · 06-12-2010, 08:35 AM

Anyway, if you want to go to the very beginning, we can do it. Middle Ages: Christian, Jewish and Arabo-Andalusian music. OK?

Let's start with a fundamental work: Cantigas de Santa María ("Canticles of Holy Mary"), from the 13th century. They are written in Galician-Portuguese, one of the languages derived from Latin spoken in the peninsula at the time.

06-12-2010, 08:35 AM	#61 (permalink)
Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	Anyway, if you want to go to the very beginning, we can do it. Middle Ages: Christian, Jewish and Arabo-Andalusian music. OK? Let's start with a fundamental work: *Cantigas de Santa María* ("Canticles of Holy Mary"), from the 13th century. They are written in Galician-Portuguese, one of the languages derived from Latin spoken in the peninsula at the time. __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."