Alfonso X el Sabio and the Cantigas de Sta. Maria.

Why did Alfonso X write his Cantigas de Sta. Maria in Galician-Portuguese when he was a Castilian? Why are his poems important as social documents?

Cantigas de Alfonso X El Sabio. New Deluxe Facsimile Edition. El Escorial, Biblioteca del Monasterio, T.j.1 (E2)

Cantigas de Santa Maria for Singers

The Cantigas de Santa Maria are 420 poems with musical notation, written during the reign of Alfonso X The Wise (1221-1284) and often attributed to

Alfonso X the Wise: Cantigas de Santa Maria

Cantigas de Santa Maria - Wikipedia

Cantigas de Santa Maria (Canticles of Holy Mary): Wednesday, Dec 25 at 1 pm CT

D. Alfonso el Sabio: Santa Maria estrela do dia Sheet music for Guitar (Solo)

Illustration from Cantigas de Santa Maria manuscript. The Cantigas de Santa Maria (Songs to the Virgin Mary) are manuscripts written in Galician-Portuguese, with music notation, during the reign of Alfonso X

Cantigas of St. Maria of Alfonso X the Wise, codex Escorial, s. XIII

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