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DOR-93202

LLIBRE VERMELL

SARBAND

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MONTSERRAT
Medieval Spain had two famous places of pilgrimage; Santiago de Compostella and Santa Maria de Montserrat.   Situated on a cleft mountain peak near Barcelona, the monastery of Montserrat was the center of devotion to the Virgin Mary for all of Catalonia.

LLIBRE VERMELL
The most precious treasure of the library at Montserrat is a codex from the late 14th century, the Llibre Vermell or "Red Book."   35 of the original 172 sheets in the folio in this manuscript are lost today.   Apart from various other chapters, mainly for liturgical use, one of the fascicles in Llibre Vermell (folio 21v-27r) contains ten musical works.
- Vladimir Ivanoff

[1.]   O virgo splendens [Choral, LV: fol. 21v]
         O virgo splendens [Canon a 3, LV: fol. 21v]
[2.]   Laudemus virginem [Canon a 3, LV: fol. 23]
[3.]   Salve virgo [Virelai R: fol. 108]
         Splendens ceptigera [Canon a 3, LV fol. 23]
[4.]   Cedit frigus [Conductus / Virelais a 1, R: fol. 108]
[5.]   Polorum regina [a 1, LV: fol. 24v]
[6.]   Mariam matrem [Vocal, Virelais a 3, LV: fol. 25]
         Mariam matrem [Instrumental, Virelais a 3, LV: fol. 25]
[7.]   Inperayntz / Verges ses par [Instrumental, Virelais a 2, LV: fol. 25v]
[8.]   Stella splendens [Virelais a 2, LV: fol. 22v;
         Instrumental Prelude: CSM: No. 48, 52, 57, 113, 302, 311]
[9.]   Los set gotxs [Balada a 1, LV: fol. 23v]
[10.] Ad mortem festinamus [Danse Macabre, LV: fol. 26v]
[11.] O virgo splendens [Organum, LV: fol. 21v]
[12.] Cedit frigus [Conductus / Virelais a 2, R: fol. 108v]
[13.] Cuncti simus [Virelais a 1, LV: fol. 24]
[14.] Inperayntz / Verges ses par [Vocal, Virelais a 2, LV: fol. 25v]

Total Program Length:   63:14
[LV: Llibre Vermell]
[R: Codex Ripoll, Paris, BN lat. 5132]
[CSM: Cantigas de Santa Maria]



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