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Thread #159474 Message #3778865
Posted By: Jack Campin
14-Mar-16 - 07:55 PM
Thread Name: contiga -any descriptions? explanations?
Subject: RE: contiga -any descriptions? explanations?
Most likely they borrowed one of the dancier tunes from the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X and didn't remember (or ever know) what it was and how to spell it.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria
Practical modern performing edition (I have this):
http://www.gaita.co.uk/publications.html
A facsimile, for the REALLY serious mediaeval music buff:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Cantigas_de_Santa_Maria_%28Alfonso_X_of_Castile%29