Cancioneiro de Elvas
General description
The Cancioneiro de Elvas is a Renaissance songbook of Portuguese music from the 16th century. It is one important source of secular music from the Iberian Renaissance. The Elvas Songbook was found in 1928 in the library of Elvas, by the musicologist Manuel Joaquim. It was copied in the 16th century and is divided in two parts:
- The first part is musical: contains 65 works of polyphonic (3 voices) secular music from Portugal and Spain. The poems used are villancicos and cantigas.
- The second part is literary: contains 36 poems without music.
Publication date and place: c. 1560 . – Manuscript
.
The musical part of the songbook has been studied and transcribed by three musicologists - Manuel Joaquim, Manuel Morais and Gil Miranda.
List of works
Works at CPDL
| Title | Year | Composer | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Voices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A la villa voy | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | STB |
| Aquella voluntad | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | 3 | STB | |
| Cuydados meus tão cuidados | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAT |
| De vos e de mim naceo | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAB |
| De vos y de mi quexoso | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAB |
| Ja dei fim a meus cuidados | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAB |
| Ja não podeis ser contentes | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAT |
| Já que viveis tão ausentes | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAB |
| Não podem meus olhos vervos | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAB |
| Obriga vossa lindeza | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | STB |
| Ojuelos graciosos | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAT |
| Perdi a esperança | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | AAT |
| Perdido polos meus olhos | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SSA |
| Porque me não vês Joãna | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAB,STB |
| Que he o que vejo | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAT |
| Quierese morir Antón | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAT |
| Romerico, tú que vienes | 1560 | Juan del Encina | Secular | Madrigals | 3 | STB |
| Se do mal que me quereis | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAB |
| Secáronme los pesares | 1560 | Pedro de Escobar | Secular | Madrigals | 3 | ATB |
| Sempre fiz vossa vontade | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | ATB |
| Senhora bem poderey | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAT |
| Testou minha ventura | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | ATB |
| Toda noite e todo dia | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | SAT |
| Todo me cansa y me pena | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | ATB |
| Tu gitana que adevinas | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | STB |
| Venid a sospirar al verde prado | 1560 | Anonymous | Secular | Villancicos | 3 | STB |
External links
View the Wikipedia article on Cancioneiro de Elvas.
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