The Cancionero de Segovia or Cancionero Musical de Segovia (CMS) (Segovia Cathedral, Archivo Capitular, s.s. ntiguo18, also known as Cancionero of the Segovia Cathedral, is a manuscript containing

Renaissance music Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from the early 14th-century '' ars nova'', the Tr ...

from the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century. It contains a wide repertoire of works by mainly Spanish, French and Franco-Flemish composers. It is kept at the

Segovia Cathedral Segovia Cathedral is the Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral located in the main square ( Plaza Mayor) of the city of Segovia, in the community of Castile-Leon, Spain. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built in the Flamboyant Goth ...

Archives.

The manuscript

The cancionero was compiled by the end of the reign of

Isabel the Catholic Isabella I ( es, Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''la Católica''), was Queen of Castile from 1474 until her death in 1504, as well as List of Aragonese royal consorts, Queen consort ...

, between 1499 and 1503. Afterwards it belonged to the Library of the Real Fortress of Segovia, from where it was transferred at an unknown date to the Segovia Cathedral. This was a fortunate move, because the Real Fortress was destroyed by a fire in 1862, along with its library and all things therein. In 1922, the manuscript was found by

Higinio Anglés Higinio Anglés or Higini Anglès i Pàmies(his complete name in Catalan), (Catalonia 1888 – Roma 1969) was a Spanish priest and musicologist. Honours * : Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic The Order of Isabella the Cathol ...

in the Chapterhouse Archives of the Segovia Cathedral. The codex contains 228 numbered folios of average size (291 mm x 215 mm), being the area written of 239 mm x 166 mm. Unlike other cancioneros of the period, it does not have a table of contents, neither are the works grouped by musical genre (romance, motet, etc.) The cancionero is divided into two parts: # The first part, up to the folio 206, contains more than 150 works of the

Franco-Flemish The designation Franco-Flemish School, also called Netherlandish School, Burgundian School, Low Countries School, Flemish School, Dutch School, or Northern School, refers, somewhat imprecisely, to the style of polyphony, polyphonic vocal music com ...

repertoire. # The second part, from folios 207 through 228, begins with an inscription that reads "''Aquj comjensan las obras castellanas"'' (here begin the Castilian works). This part contains 40 works, 37 of which are in Spanish, two in Latin (''Pange lingua'' and ''Ave, Rex noster'') and one with no text.

The works

The codex comprises 204 works in total, in five different languages (74 in Latin, 50 in French, 38 in Spanish, 34 in Flemish/Dutch and 8 in Italian). Of them, 97 are ''unica'', i.e., only found in this source. So far, 27 composers have been identified, but the authorship of a few works remain anonymous. Following is a list of the known composers, with number of works in parentheses: The Segovia songbook contains both sacred and secular works. Among the genres found in it, there are masses,

motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to Margar ...

villancico The ''villancico'' (Spanish, ) or vilancete (Portuguese, ) was a common poetic and musical form of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America popular from the late 15th to 18th centuries. Important composers of villancicos were Juan del Encina, Pedro ...

chanson A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic s ...

s and instrumental pieces. Their complexity ranges from very simple to very difficult.

List of works

:(*) Instrumental version

Concordance with other musical sources

Manuscripts

* Q16 - Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q16 (I-Bc Q 16) * Q17 - Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q17 (I-Bc Q 17) * Q18 - Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q18 (I-Bc Q 18) * CME - Elvas, Biblioteca Municipal Publia Hortensia, Ms 11793 (

Cancioneiro de Elvas The ''Cancioneiro de Elvas'' (in English: ''Elvas Songbook'') is one of the four Renaissance songbooks of Portuguese music from the 16th century - along with the Lisbon Songbook, the Belém Songbook, and the Paris songbook. It is one important s ...

) (P-Em 11793) * 176 - Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. Magl. XIX. 176 (I-Fn Magl.XIX 176) * 178 - Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. Magl. XIX. 178 (I-Fn Magl.XIX 178) * 235 - Florence,

Biblioteca Riccardiana The Biblioteca Riccardiana (''Riccardian Library'') is a library in Florence, Italy. The library is located adjacent to the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. The main facade of Michelozzo's Medici Riccardi palace is on Via Camillo Cavour (corner of Via de ...

, MS. 2356 (I-Fr 2356) * CML - Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional Colecçao Dr. Ivo Cruz, MS 60 ( Cancioneiro de Lisboa) (P-Ln Res C.I.C. 60) * CMP - Madrid, Biblioteca Real, MS II - 1335 (

Cancionero de Palacio The Cancionero de Palacio (Madrid, Biblioteca Real, MS II–1335), or Cancionero Musical de Palacio (CMP), also known as Cancionero de Barbieri, is a Spanish manuscript of Renaissance music. The works in it were compiled during a time span of aro ...

) * 831 - Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 831 (GB-Ob Ashmole 831) * PIX - Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds française 15123 (

Chansonnier Pixérécourt A chansonnier ( ca, cançoner, oc, cançonièr, Galician language, Galician and pt, cancioneiro, it, canzoniere or ''canzoniéro'', es, cancionero) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and Mon ...

) (F-Pn 15123) * M36 - Perugia,

Biblioteca Comunale Augusta __NOTOC__ The Biblioteca Augusta (est. 1582) is a public library in Perugia, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediter ...

, Ms. 36 (I-PEc M 36) * 431 - Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, Ms. 431 (olim G20) (I-PEc 431) * I27 - Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII. 2 7 ( Cappella Giulia Chansonnier) (V-CVbav CG XIII.27 ). * CMC - Seville, Catedral Metropolitana, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, Ms. 7-I-28 (

Cancionero de la Colombina The Cancionero de la Colombina or Cancionero Musical de la Colombina (CMC) is a Spanish manuscript (Ms. 7-1-28) containing Renaissance music from the second half of the 15th century.DIAMM - SourceE-Sc Ms. 7-1-28/ref> The manuscript was copied durin ...

) (E-S 7-I-28) * 757 - Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare. MS 752 (I-VEcap 757)

Printed books

* HAR - ''

Harmonice Musices Odhecaton The ''Harmonice Musices Odhecaton'' (One Hundred Songs of Harmonic Music, also known simply as the ''Odhecaton'') is an anthology of polyphonic secular songs published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501 in Venice. It is the first book of polyphonic mu ...

''. 1501.

Ottaviano Petrucci Ottaviano Petrucci (born in Fossombrone on 18 June 1466 – died on 7 May 1539 in Venice) was an Italian printer. His ''Harmonice Musices Odhecaton'', a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet mu ...

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

* FRO - ''Frottole'' ibro secondo, Naples, Caneto, 1516?(Florence, Biblioteca Marucelliana) * DEF - João IV de Portugal, ''Defensa de la música moderna'' (Lisbon, 1649) * UPS - ''Villancicos de diversos autores''. Jerónimo Scotto. Venice. 1556. (

Cancionero de Upsala The , also known by the titles Cancionero del Duque de Calabria and Cancionero de Venecia, is a volume of mostly anonymous Spanish music printed in Venice in 1556. Its actual title is ''Villancicos de diversos Autores, a dos, y a tres, y a quatro, ...

)

Discography

* 1981 - NT'' Obra Musical Completa de Juan del Enzina. Miguel Á. Tallante. Pro Mvsica Antiqva de Madrid and soloists. New edition (1990): MEC 1024 a 1027 CD * ???? - AY'' Mayrat. El Viaje del Agua. Grupo Odres. Saga WKPD-10/2035. * 1960 - NG'' Victoria de los Ángeles - Spanish Songs of the Renaissance.

Victoria de los Ángeles Victoria de los Ángeles López García (1 November 192315 January 2005) was a Catalan Spanish operatic lyric soprano and recitalist whose career began after the Second World War and reached its height in the years from the mid-1950s to the mid- ...

Ars Musicae de Barcelona 1941, Ars Musicae, Biblioteca de Catalunya. Ars Musicae de Barcelona was a Catalan ensemble for the performance of medieval music active between 1935 and 1979. The directors were: * Josep María Lamaña (1935–1957); industrial engineer and amat ...

. José María Lamaña. Also found in CD: ''Victoria de los Ángeles - Cantos de España''. EMI Classics 7243 5 66 937 2 2 (4 CD). * 1968 - IC'' Songs of Andalusia.

. Enrique Gispert. Also found in CD: ''Victoria de los Ángeles - Cantos de España''. EMI Classics 7243 5 66 937 2 2 (4 CD). * 1970 - MC'' Music of the Royal Courts of Europe 1150-1600.

Early Music Consort of London The Early Music Consort of London was a British music ensemble in the late 1960s and 1970s which specialised in historically informed performance of Medieval and Renaissance music. It was founded in 1967 by music academics Christopher Hogwood and ...

David Munrow David John Munrow (12 August 194215 May 1976) was a British musician and early music historian. Early life and education Munrow was born in Birmingham where both his parents taught at the University of Birmingham. His mother, Hilda Ivy (né ...

. Re-issued in CD as: ''The Pleasures of the Royal Courts''. Elektra Nonesuch 9 71326-2. * 1971 - AL'' El Camino de Santiago. Cantos de peregrinación. Escolanía y Capilla Musical de la Abadía del Valle de los Caídos. Leoncio Diéguez. Laurentino Saenz de Buruaga. Cuarteto y Grupo de Instrumentos Antiguos Renacimiento. Ramón Perales de la Cal. EMI (Odeón) 7243 5 67051 2 8. * 1974 - ER'' Old Spanish Songs. Spanish songs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Teresa Berganza Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS (16 March 1933 – 13 May 2022) was a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with roles such as Rossini's Rosina and La Cenerentola, and later Bizet's Carmen, admired for her technical virtuosity, m ...

Narciso Yepes Narciso Yepes (14 November 19273 May 1997) was a Spanish guitarist. He is considered one of the finest virtuoso classical guitarists of the twentieth century. Biography Yepes was born into a family of humble origin in Lorca, Region of Murcia. ...

. Also found in CD: ''Canciones españoles''. Deutsche Grammophon 435 648-2. * 1976 - UN'' The Art of the Netherlands.

. * 1984 - OM'' Romeros y Peregrinos. Grupo Universitario de Cámara de Compostela. Carlos Villanueva Abelairas. EMI Classics CB-067. * 1985 - EN'' Mon Amy.

Ensemble Renaissance Renaissance Ensemble Serbia is the first early music ensemble in Serbia and the second in south-eastern Europe, having been founded in 1968 (the first in south-eastern Europe was Musica rediviva, founded in Sarajevo by Bojan Bujić, Milica Ze ...

. Al Segno as 2004 2. * 1987 - IN'' Music from the Spanish Kingdoms. Circa 1500 Ensemble. CRD 3447. * 1988 - IC'' Music from the time of Richard III. Yorks Waits. Saydisc CD-SDL 364. * 1989 - EN'' Sacred and Secular Music from six centuries.

The Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974, the group disbanded in 2014. Although ...

. Hyperion Helios CDH 55148. * 1990 - IR'' Francisco de la Torre. La Música en la Era del Descubrimiento. Volume 6. Taller Ziryab. Dial Discos. * 1991 - AL'' El Cancionero de Palacio, 1474-1516. Música en la corte de los Reyes Católicos. Hespèrion XX. Jordi Savall. Astrée (Naïve) ES 9943. * 1991 - ES'' Juan del Encina: Romances y villancicos. Jordi Savall. Hespèrion XX. Astrée (Naïve) ES 9925. * 1991 - OL'' El Cancionero de la Colombina, 1451-1506. Música en el tiempo de Cristóbal Colón. Hespèrion XX. Jordi Savall. Astrée (Naïve) ES 9954. * 1991 - AE'' El Cancionero de la Catedral de Segovia.

Ensemble Daedalus Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus * ''Ensem ...

. Roberto Festa. Accent ACC 9176. * 1991 - IL'' Spanish and Mexican Renaissance Vocal Music. Music in the Age of Columbus / Music in the New World.

Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974, the group disbanded in 2014. Although ...

. EMI Reflexe 54341 (2 CD). * 1992 - AV'' 1492 - Music from the age of discovery.

Waverly Consort The Waverly Consort was an American early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musi ...

Michael Jaffee The Waverly Consort was an American early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad ...

. EMI Reflexe 54506. * 1993 - LT'' In Gottes Namen fahren wir. Pilgerlieder aus Mittelalter und Renaissance. Odhecaton, Ensemble für alte Musik, Köln. FSM 97 208. * 1993 - OT'' The Voice in the Garden. Spanish Songs and Motets, 1480-1550.

Gothic Voices Gothic Voices is a United Kingdom-based vocal ensemble specialising in repertoire from the 11th to the 15th century but also performing contemporary music, particularly pieces with medieval associations. The group was originally formed in 1980 ...

Christopher Page Christopher Page (born 1952) is a British expert on medieval music, instruments and performance practice, together with the social and musical history of the guitar in England from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth. He has written numer ...

. Hyperion 66653. * 1995 - AN'' Landscapes. Three centuries of world music. David Bellugi et al. Frame 9506. * 1995 - ON'' A Song of David. Music of the Sephardim and Renaissance Spain. La Rondinella. Dorian Discovery DIS-80130. * 1995 - AN'' Canciones, Romances, Sonetos. From Juan del Encina to Lope de Vega.

La Colombina LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

. Accent 95111. * 1996 - GB'' Sola m'ire. Cancionero de Palacio. Ensemble Gilles Binchois.

Dominique Vellard Dominique Vellard (born 1953) is a French tenor and specialist in medieval music. In 1979 he founded the Ensemble Gilles Binchois, a leading ensemble in the performance of Ars Nova music. He is also a composer. Selected discography Harmonic: *Gre ...

. Virgin Veritas 45359. * 1996 - IF'' Los Ministriles. Spanish Renaissance Wind Music.

Piffaro, The Renaissance Band Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, originally called "The Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band", is a Philadelphia-based early music ensemble. The group was founded in 1980, and performs music of the late Medieval and Renaissance periods. Piffaro's instru ...

. Archiv Produktion 474 232-2. * 1996 - CC'' Cancionero Musical de Palacio. Ensemble Accentus. Thomas Wimmer. Naxos 8.553536. * 1998 - IC'' De Antequara sale un moro. Musique de l'Espagne chrétienne, maure et juive vers 1492.

Ensemble Música Ficta Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * Ensemble (album), ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the ...

. Carlos Serrano. Jade 74 321 79256-2. * 1998 - FF'' Música no tempo das Caravelas. Música Antiga da UFF. * 2000 - PI'' Pilgerwege. Freiburger Spielleyt. Verlag der Spielleute CD 0003. * 2000 - AR'' Carlos V. Mille Regretz: La Canción del Emperador.

La Capella Reial de Catalunya ''La Capella Reial de Catalunya'' is a group of soloist singers with the aim of making the repertoire of Catalan historical music and, by extension, that of Spanish and other music widely known throughout the world. The group was formed in Barce ...

Hespèrion XXI Hespèrion XXI is an international early music ensemble. The group was formed in Basel, Switzerland in 1974 as Hespèrion XX by Catalan musical director Jordi Savall (bowed string instruments, particularly the viola da gamba), his wife Montserrat ...

Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of ...

. Alia Vox AV 9814. * 2000 - EÑ'' Anchieta: Missa Sine Nomine / Salve Regina.

Capilla Peñaflorida The Capilla Peñaflorida is a Spanish early music group founded in 1985 by Jon Bagüés. The first director was the late José Rada Sereno (1947–2001). Currently musical direction is shared by the founder, the Basque musicologist Jon Bagüés (b. ...

. Ministriles de Marsias.

Josep Cabré Josep Cabré Cercós (born 1956 in Barcelona) is a Catalan bass-baritone singer and choral conductor. He is a founder member of the vocal quartet La Colombina ( es) with María Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Claudio Cavina (alto), and Josep Benet (teno ...

. Naxos 8.555772. * 2001 - NC'' Cançoner del duc de Calàbria. Duos i Exercicis sobre els vuit tons. In Canto. La mà de guido 2043. * 2001 - CH'' Amours amours amours. Lautenduos um 1500. Schröder, Young. Harmonia mundi HMC 90 5253. * 2002 - UF'' Cancionero. Music for the Spanish Court 1470-1520. The Dufay Collective. Avie AV0005. * 2002 - RL'' The Toledo Summit. The Orlando Consort. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907328. * 2003 - GO'' Cancionero de Segovia. Manuscrito Musical s.s. del Archivo de la Catedral. Coral Ágora de Segovia.
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* 2003 - AN'' La Conquista de Granada - Isabel la Católica. Las Cortes europeas, los Cancioneros y Música Andalusí Nazarí. Música Antigua.

Eduardo Paniagua Eduardo Paniagua (born 1952 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish architect and musician, specializing in medieval Spanish music. Between 1966 and 1983, he was a member of the group Atrium Musicae de Madrid, led by his older brother Gregorio, playing wi ...

. Pneuma PN-660. * 2004 - AP'' Isabel I, Reina de Castilla. Luces y Sombras en el tiempo de la primera gran Reina del Renacimiento 1451-1504.

. Alia Vox AV 9838 (CD). Alia Vox AVSA 9838 (SACD-H). * 2004 - DM'' Cancionero de Palacio.

Capella de Ministrers Capella de Ministrers is an early music group formed in 1987 in Valencia, Spain by Carles Magraner. Valencian music is prominent in its repertoire. Work Capella de Ministrers was formed in 1987 in Valencia by its director, the Valencian musicolog ...

Carles Magraner Carles Magraner is a Spanish musician. He was born on November 16, 1962 in Almussafes (province of Valencia) and studied music at Carcaixent, the Conservatorio Superior de Valencia (cello and musicology), Conservatoire Toulouse and Amsterdam ( ...

. Licanus CDM 0409. * 2005 - AB'' Juan de Anchieta: Missa Rex Virginum - Motecta. Capilla Peñaflorida. Josep Cabré. K 617 * 2006 - AG'' Borgia. Música religiosa en torno al papa Alejandro VI (1492-1503).

. Licanus CDM 0616. * 2007 - DH'' Peñalosa: Un Libro de Horas de Isabel La Católica.

Odhecaton The ''Harmonice Musices Odhecaton'' (One Hundred Songs of Harmonic Music, also known simply as the ''Odhecaton'') is an anthology of polyphonic secular songs published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501 in Venice. It is the first book of polyphony, po ...

. Paolo Da Col. Bongiovanni 5623. * 2011 - OR'' GLOSAS: Embellished Renaissance Music. More Hispano. Vicente Parrilla. Carpe Diem CD-16285.

Bibliography

* Historia de la música española. Vol 2. Desde el Ars Nova hasta 1600. Samuel Rubio. Alianza Editorial. Madrid. 1983 * de Lama de la Cruz, V. Cancionero Musical de la Catedral de Segovia. Junta de Castilla y León. Salamanca, 1994. * Perales de la Cal, Ramón (ed.). Cancionero de la Catedral de Segovia. Ed. facsímil. Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Segovia. Segovia, 1977 * Anglès, Higinio. La música en la corte de los Reyes Católicos, MME, i, 1941 * Anglès, Higinio. ''Un manuscrit inconnu avec polyphonie du XVe siècle'' conservé à la cathédrale de Ségovie, AcM, viii, 1936 * Sohns, Eduardo (ed.). Cancionero de la Catedral de Segovia - Obras castellanas (Eduardo Sohns, Buenos Aires, 1999) * Sohns, Eduardo (ed.). Cancionero de la Catedral de Segovia - Dúos (Eduardo Sohns, Buenos Aires, 2002) * Sohns, Eduardo (ed.). Cancionero de la Catedral de Segovia - De tous biens playne: siete versiones de una chanson (Eduardo Sohns, Buenos Aires, 1999) * Baker, N.K. An Unnumbered Manuscript of Polyphony in the Archives of the Cathedral of Segovia: its Provenance and History. U. of Maryland, 1978 * González Cuenca, Joaquín. Cancionero de la catedral de Segovia. Textos poéticos castellanos. Museo de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, 1980.

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