medieval music band Iberolibero
Repertoire
Medieval music from the Iberian Peninsula
Cantigas de Santa Maria
A collection of songs praising the Virgin Mary, consisting of about 420 pieces. The poem is written in medieval Galician-Portuguese. Compiled by King Alfonso X of Castile (Wise King, 1221-1284). The content is anecdotes (stories) of the miracles by the Virgin Mary, and hymns inserted every ten songs.
Cantiga 7 <Santa Maria amar>
Cantiga 77 <Da que Deus mamou>
Cantiga 227 <Muito bon miragr' a Virgen faz>
Cantiga 353 <Queen a omagen da Virgen>
etc.
Sephardic (Spanish-Jewish) Music
Songs and music that originated among the Jewish people who lived in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal) in the Middle Ages. After the Middle Ages, even after they moved to Eastern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, etc., the songs were handed down in various places. In the 20th century, they were collected in earnest and performed widely. The sorrowful melody sounds nostalgic to us all.
La rosa enflorece - The ose blooms
Avrix mi galanika - Come on, my dear
Durme, durme, kerido hijico - Sleep, sleep, my dearest son
Los guisados de la berenjena - 7 eggplant recipes
etc.
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
The 14th-century manuscripts of religious documents handed down at the Montserrat Monastery, known for its Black Madonna statue, standing on Mount Montserrat in the suburbs of Barcelona, Spain. The book were bound with red covers, hence the name. It contains ten songs sung and danced by pilgrims visiting the monastery in the 13th to14th centuries.
Cucnti simus concantens, Ave Maria
Imperayriz de la ciutat joyosa
Polorum Regina
etc.
Cantigas de amigo by Martín Codax
Cantigas de amigo (lover's song), written in medieval Galician-Portuguese, is lyrical poem about women's feelings, a genre that was popular in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula around the 12th century.
Six of the seven poems by the bard Martín Codas have accompanying musical scores. The simple and lonely melody expresses the hopes and wishes of a girl lamenting the absence of her lover by the sea.
Ondas do mar de Vigo
Ai Deus, se sab' ora meu amigo
Mandad'ei comigo
Mia irmana fremosa
etc.
Others
Spanish and Portuguese dances music in the Renaissance and Baroque Periods
Folklore and instrumental music from Spain and Portugal
Marizápalos
Canários
Spagnoletta
Pincerada de Galicia
etc.