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 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 mus ...

. The works in it were compiled during a time span of around 40 years, from the mid-1470s until the beginning of the 16th century, approximately coinciding with the reign of the

Catholic Monarchs The Catholic Monarchs were Isabella I of Castile, Queen Isabella I of Crown of Castile, Castile () and Ferdinand II of Aragon, King Ferdinand II of Crown of Aragón, Aragon (), whose marriage and joint rule marked the ''de facto'' unification of ...

The manuscript

The first ten

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s are not numbered; the remaining folios are numbered from 1 to 304. Based on the index of works included in the beginning of the manuscript, it originally had 548 works. Many folios have been lost, reducing the number of works currently in the manuscript to 458. The manuscript was written by 9 different people and, in all, received 11 successive additions: *The first addition happened in the first years of the 16th century, most probably after 1505, as a result of the reorganization of the Court's musical chapel ordered by

Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of ...

, one year after the death of Queen

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. This is the most numerous addition and its works are the most representative of the circumspect and expressive style characteristic of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. *The next four additions were supposedly made between 1505 and 1510. *The next two were made around 1515. *The 8th addition was possibly made in 1516, right after the death of Ferdinand II. *The 9th happened between 1516 and 1517. *The 10th addition, from folios 293 to 304, consisted of a tiny ''cancionero'' written in a different kind of paper which was incorporated to the body of the main manuscript. The works contained in it are not listed in the original opening index, and two of its works were already present in the Cancionero. It possibly originated in the chapel of

Joanna of Castile Joanna of Castile (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad (), was the nominal queen of Castile from 1504 and queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile ...

, in

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. *The last addition was made between 1519 and 1520, when the chapel of the Catholic Monarchs had already moved to other location. By the end of the 19th century the manuscript was found in the Royal Library of the

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by composer and musicologist

Francisco Asenjo Barbieri Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (3 August 1823 – 19 February 1894) was a well-known composer of the popular Spanish opera form, ''zarzuela.'' His works include: '' El barberillo de Lavapiés'', '' Jugar con fuego'', ''Pan y toros'', ''Don Quijote'', ...

, who transcribed and published it in 1890 with the title ''"Cancionero musical de los siglos XV y XVI"'' (Musical songbook of the 15th and 16th centuries).

Works

The manuscript contains 458 works, the bulk of which are in Castilian, although a few works also appear in

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, French, Catalan and

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. It constitutes an anthology of the polyphonic music performed during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. The themes found in the songs are the most varied: romantic, religious, festive, chivalrous, satirical, pastoral, burlesque, political, historical, etc. accompanied by music of all styles: from popular folk songs to elaborate compositions. The musical form most important is the

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, P ...

, though other genres are also found as the

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and the

canción ''Canción'' ("song") is a popular genre of Latin American music, particularly in Cuba, where many of the compositions originate.Orovio, Helio 2004. ''Cuban music from A to Z''. p42 Its roots lie in Spanish popular song forms, including tiranas, P ...

. The majority of the works are for one voice with instrumental accompaniment but polyphonic works are also available for 2, 3 or 4 voices. Below is a list of the composers present in the manuscript, with the number of works in parentheses: *

Juan del Encina Juan del Encina (12 July 1468 – 1529/1530) was a Spanish composer, poet, priest, and playwright, often credited as the joint-father (even "founder" or "patriarch") of Spanish drama, alongside Gil Vicente. His birth name was Juan de Fermoselle. ...

(63) * Luis de Milán (23) * Gabriel Mena (18) *

Pedro de Escobar Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 – after 1535), a.k.a. ''Pedro do Porto'', was a Portuguese composer of the Renaissance, mostly active in Spain. He was one of the earliest and most skilled composers of polyphony in the Iberian Peninsula, whose mu ...

(17) *

Francisco de la Torre Francisco de la Torre (c. 1460 – c. 1504) was a Spanish composer mainly active in the Kingdom of Naples. His hometown may have been Seville. His music can be found in ''La música en la corte de los Reyes Musulmanes'', edited by Higinio Anglé ...

(15) *

Juan Ponce ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

(12) *

Alonso de Mondéjar Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''. The original Visigothic name ''Alfonso'' suffered the phonetic change of the phoneme /f/ into the mute /h/ in the Early Middle Ages (around 9th Century), ...

(11) *

Francisco de Peñalosa Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470 – April 1, 1528) was a Spanish composer of the middle Renaissance. Life He was born in Talavera de la Reina in the province of Toledo. He spent most of his career in Seville, serving as the ''maestro di capi ...

(10) *

Alonso Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic name, Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''. The original Visigoths, Visigothic name Alphons, ''Alfonso'' suffered the Phonetic change "f → h" in Spanish, phonetic change of the phoneme ...

(10) *

Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portugal, Portuguese Portugal–Spain border, border, on the left bank of the river ...

(8) *

Jacobus de Milarte A Jacobus is an English gold coin of the reign of James I, worth 25 shillings ( pound sterling). The name of the coin comes from the Latin inscription surrounding the King's head on the obverse of the coin, IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX ...

(6) *

Pedro de Lagarto Pedro de Lagarto (born circa 1465; died 1543 in Toledo) was a Spanish singer and composer of the Renaissance period. Almost nothing is known about his early years, but a document dated 1537 affirms that he had been in the service of the Toledo Ca ...

(4) *

Juan de Anchieta Juan de Anchieta (1462 – 1523) was a leading Spanish Basque composer of the Renaissance, at the Royal Court Chaplaincy in Granada of Queen Isabel I of Castile. History Born in Azpeitia, Spain in 1462 to a leading Basque family, his mothe ...

(4) *

Juan de Urrede Life Juan de Urrede (c.1430-after 1482, Salamanca, Spain) or Juan de Urreda was a Flemish singer and composer active in Spain in the service of the Duke of Alba, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. He was born Johannes de Wreede in Bruges. His ...

(3) *

Enrique Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...

(3) * Garcimuñoz (3) * Pedro Juan Aldomar (3) *

Juan Alvárez de Almorox ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

(3) *

Alonso de Córdoba Alonso de Córdoba Gómez (1505–1589) was a Spanish nobleman's son who sought his fortune in the Americas. He was born in Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real Province, Spain, and married Olalla of Merlo, also of Valdepeñas. Córdoba arrived with his wife i ...

(3) * Alfonso de Troya (3) * Juan de Triana (3–2) * Juan Cornago (3–2) * Móxica (2) *

Juan Pérez de Gijón Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. 1460 – 1500) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. Nothing is known about his life, except for his approximate period of activity. He is one of the composers of secular songs who contributed to the huge ''Canc ...

(2) * Antonio de Ribera (2) * Bernaldino de Brihuega (2) * Alonso de Toro (2) * Antonio de Contreras (2) * Diego Fernández (2) *

Juan de Sanabria Juan de Sanabria (1504-1549) was a Spanish Nobleman, Captain and Conquistador. Biography Sanabria was born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura, son of Diego Rodríguez de Sanabria and María de Alonso de Hinojosa, belonging to a distinguished ...

(2) *

Fernand Pérez de Medina Fernand is a masculine given name of French origin. The feminine form is Fernande. Fernand may refer to: People Given name * Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist * Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer * Fernand Baldet (18 ...

(2) *

Juan de Espinosa Juan de Espinosa, (active 1628 and 1659), Spanish Baroque painter specializing in still life painting. There is a great deal of confusion in the documentation of de Espinosa's life and works because there are a number of artists using the same n ...

(2) *

Josquin des Prez Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez ( – 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he was a central figure of the ...

(1) * Alonso Pérez de Alba (1) * Lope de Baena (1) *

Ajofrín Ajofrín is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. As of 2008, it was home to 2328 inhabitants ( INE 2008). Its name derives from the Arabic ''Al-Ya'rar'', or "the place of the Yafar or Jafar". History Ancien ...

(1) *

Diego de Fermoselle Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. ...

(1) * J. Rodríguez Torote (1) * Juan de Valera (1) *

Lope Martínez Lope is an old given name of Basque, Gascon and Spanish origin, derived from Latin ''lupus'', meaning "wolf". Lope may refer to: *Lope de Isásaga (1493–1515), Basque Spanish ''conquistador'' *Lope de Aguirre (1510s – 1561), Basque Spanish ''c ...

(1) * Lucas Fernández (1) *

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(1) *

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(1) *

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(1) * Sant Juan (1) * Sedano (1) * Pedro Hernández de Tordesillas (1) * Vilches (1) * Juan de León (1) * Giovanni Brocco (1) *

Giacomo Fogliano Giacomo Fogliano (''da Modena''; also ''Jacopo'', ''Fogliani''; 1468 – 10 April 1548) was an Italian composer, organist, harpsichordist, and music teacher of the Renaissance, active mainly in Modena in northern Italy. He was a composer of frott ...

(1) *

Bartolomeo Trombocino Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo is a masculine Italian given name, the Italian equivalent of Bartholomew. Its diminutive form is Baccio. Notable people with the name include: * Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (1824–1860), Italian paleobotanist and lich ...

(1)

Complete list of works

Three different indexing systems are used in the table below: *Nº = Index of works by title, in alphabetical order *Bar. = Index used by Barbieri in his 1890 publication *CMP = Index as found in the ''Cancionero''. Because of the additions it received, there are duplicate works and many works not listed in the original index.

Concordance with other musical sources

Manuscripts

*CMB –

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Ms 454 ( Cancionero de Barcelona) (E-Bbc 454) *BBU –

Bologne Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

, Biblioteca Universitaria, Ms. 596.HH.2/4 (I-Bu 596.HH.2/4) (Tablature for keyboard) *Q16 – Bologne, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q16 (I-Bc Q 16) *Q17 – Bologne, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q17 (I-Bc Q 17) *Q18 – Bologne, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q18 (I-Bc Q 18) *CHI – Chicago, The

Newberry Library The Newberry Library is an independent research library, specializing in the humanities. It is located in Chicago, Illinois, and has been free and open to the public since 1887. The Newberry's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of our wo ...

, Case MS VM C. 25 (US-Cn Case ms. VM 140 C.25) (Lute book by Vincenzo Capirola) *COI –

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, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, MS M.12 (P-Cug M.12) *CME –

Elvas Elvas (), officially the City of Elvas (), is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo. It is situated about east of Lisbon, and ab ...

, Biblioteca Municipal Públia Hortênsia, 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 ...

) (P-Em 11793) *MA7 –

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. Magl. XIX. 107 bis (I-Fn Magl.XIX 107 bis) *MA6 – Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. Magl. XIX. 176 (I-Fn Magl.XIX 176) *MA8 – Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms. Magl. XIX. 178 (I-Fn Magl.XIX 178) *RIC – Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana, MS. 2356 (I-Fr 2356) *LIS –

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

, Biblioteca Nacional Colecção Dr. Ivo Cruz, MS 60 (

Cancioneiro de Lisboa ''Cancioneiro musical da Biblioteca Nacional'' or simply ''Cancioneiro de Lisboa'' is the name given to the manuscript CIC 60 which is kept in the Portuguese National Library, in Lisbon. It is one of the four Portuguese Renaissance songbooks of M ...

) (P-Ln Res C.I.C. 60) *CMM –

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Biblioteca de la Casa del Duque de Medinaceli, Ms 13230 (

Cancionero de Medinaceli The Cancionero de Medinaceli or Cancionero Musical de Medinaceli (CMM) is a manuscript containing Spanish music of the Renaissance. It was copied during the second half of the 16th century and kept at the library of the Duke of Medinaceli's hous ...

) *OXF –

Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in ...

, MS. Ashmole 831 (GB-Ob Ashmole 831) *PAR – Paris, Bibliothèque

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, Masson 56) ( Cancioneiro de Paris) (F-Pba 56: Masson) *PIX – Paris,

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, fonds française 15123 (

Chansonnier Pixérécourt A chansonnier (, , Galician and , or ''canzoniéro'', ) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of songs, hence literally " song-books"; however, some manuscripts are called ...

) (F-Pn 15123) *PBN – Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Ms Rés. Vm 676 *PER –

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Biblioteca Comunale Augusta __NOTOC__ The Biblioteca Augusta (est. 1582) is a public library in Perugia, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a pen ...

, Ms. 431 (olim G20) (I-PEc 431) *CGC – Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, C. G.XIII. 2 7 ( Cappella Giulia Chansonnier) (V-CVbav CG XIII.27 ). *GAL –

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, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 463 (CH-SGs 463) ( Tschudi Liederbuch) *CMS –

Segovia Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia. Segovia is located in the Meseta central, Inner Pl ...

, Catedral, Archivo Capitular, s.s. (

Cancionero de Segovia 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 from the end of the 15th cent ...

) (E-SE s.s) *CMC –

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, 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 duri ...

) (E-S 7-I-28) *VER –

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, Biblioteca Capitolare. MS 752 (I-VEcap 757) *TAR – Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, ms. 2/3 (E-TZ 2/3)

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 ...

, A. O. Petrucci, Venice, 1501 *FRO – Frottole Libro septimo. Petrucci *FR3 – Frottole Libro tertio. Petrucci *SPI – Intabulatura de lauto, libro primo. F. Spinacino, 1507 *UPS – Cancionero de Uppsala *DEF – João IV de Portugal, "Defensa de la música moderna" (Lisbon, 1649)

Discography

*???? – NT'' Obra Musical Completa de Juan del Enzina. M.A.Tallante. Pro Mvsica Antiqva de Madrid y solistas. M.E.C. *???? – 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 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-1960s. ...

. Barcelona Ars Musicae. José Maria Lamaña

Se puede encontrar en CD ensamblado con otras grabaciones en: ''Victoria de los Ángeles – Cantos de España''. EMI Classics 7243 5 66 937 2 2 (4 CDs)

*1968 – ES'' Music from the Time of Christopher Columbus.

Musica Reservata In music history, ''musica reservata'' (also ''musica secreta'') is either a style or a performance practice in ''a cappella'' vocal music of the latter half of the 16th century, mainly in Italy and southern Germany, involving refinement, exclusiv ...

. Philips 432 821-2 PM

*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 ...

. Reeditado en CD como: ''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

*1973 – UN'' Music from the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. Early Music Consort of London. David Munro

Se puede encontrar en CD ensamblado con otras grabaciones en: ''Music for Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain – Instrumemts of the Middle Ages & Renaissance''. Testament SBT 1251

*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, mu ...

Narciso Yepes Narciso Yepes (14 November 19273 May 1997) was a Spanish classical guitar, 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, ...

Se puede encontrar en CD ensamblado con otras grabaciones en: ''Canciones españoles''. Deutsche Grammophon 435 648-2

*1974 – OC'' Antik Musik på Wik – Early Music at Wik. Joculatores Upsaliensis

Se puede encontrar en CD ensamblado con otras grabaciones en: ''Antik Musik på Wik – Early Music at Wik''. Bis CD 3

*1976 – PA'' Weltliche Musik im Christlichen und Jüdischen Spanien (1450–1550). Hespèrion XX.

Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish Conducting, 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 ...

. Virgin Veritas Edition 61591 (2 CDs)

*1977 – AR'' Ars Antiqua de Paris à la Sainte Chapelle. Ars Antiqua de Paris. Coda 9605-1

*1979 – TR'' Villancicos – Chansons populaires espagnoles des XVe et XVIe siècles. Atrium Musicae de Madrid. Gregorio Paniagua. Harmonia mundi "Musique d'Abord" HMA 190 1025

*1980 – AD'' La Spagna. 15th & 17th Century Spanish Variations. Atrium Musicae de Madrid. Gregorio Paniagua. Bis CD-163

*1984 – OM'' Romeros y Peregrinos. Grupo Universitario de Cámara de Compostela. Carlos Villanueva. EMI Classics CB-067

*1986 – OH'' L'homme armé: 1450–1650. Musique de guerre et de paix.

Boston Camerata The Boston Camerata is an early music ensemble based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1954 by Narcissa Williamson, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as an adjunct to that museum's musical instrument collection. The Camerata incorpora ...

. Joel Cohen. Erato ECD 88168

*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

*1988 – EN'' Musica dell'época di Cristoforo Colombo. I Madrigalisti di Genova. L. Gamberini. Ars Nova CDAN 173

*1989 – AN'' El Cancionero Musical de Palacio. Musik aus der Zeit der Katholischen Könige in Spanien, 1450–1550. Ensemble Danserye.

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*1991 – AE'' El Cancionero de la Catedral de Segovia.

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. Roberto Festa. Accent ACC 9176. 1991. Contiene ''Justa fue mi perdiçión''

*1991 – ES'' Juan del Encina: Romances y villancicos. Jordi Savall. Hespèrion XX. Astrée (Naïve) ES 9925

*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 – HR'' From a Spanish Palace Songbook. Music from the time of Christopher Columbus. Margaret Philpot, Shirley Rumsey, Christopher Wilson. Hyperion "Helios" 55097

*1991 – HA'' Chansons – Danses – Musiques Médiévales et Renaissances. Ensemble Jehan de Channey. De plein Vent CD 1989–04

*1992 – EF'' Music for Joan the Mad. Spain 1479–1555. La Nef. Sylvain Bergeron. Dorian Discovery 80128

*1992 – AV'' 1492 – Music from the age of discovery.

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. Michael Jaffee. EMI Reflexe 54506

*1992 – Music From the Time of Columbus.

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. Linn Records. *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.

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. Hyperion 66653

*1994 – EP'' Sephardic Songs in the Hispano-Arabic tradition of medieval Spain. (Canciones Sefardies de la tradición hispanoárabe en la España medieval. Ballads of the Sephardic Jews). Sarband. Vladimir Ivanoff. Jaro 4206-2. Sonifolk 21 115. Dorian Recordings DOR-93190

*1995 – AN'' Canciones, Romances, Sonetos. From Juan del Encina to Lope de Vega.

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. Accent 95111

*1995 – OM'' Al alva venid. Música profana de los siglos XV y XVI. La Romanesca.

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. Glossa 920203

*1995 – AM'' Songs and dances from the Spanish Renaissance. Camerata Iberia. MA Records MA 035A

*1995 – HO'' A Royal Songbook. Spanish Music from the time of Columbus. Musica Antiqua of London. Philip Thorby. Naxos 8.553325

*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 – EN'' Odyssey. Progressive Performance of ancient songs. New World Renaissance Band. Nightwatch 1006

*1995 – RA'' Des Croisades à Don Quichotte. Musique du pourtour méditerranéen (XIIe-XVIe siècles). Ensemble vocal et instrumental Arabesque. Domitille de Bienassis. Solstice SOCD 125

*1996 – CC'' Cancionero Musical de Palacio. Ensemble Accentus. Thomas Wimmer. Naxos 8.553536

*1996 – IN'' Sola m'ire. Cancionero de Palacio. Ensemble Gilles Binchois.

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. Virgin Veritas 45359

*1996 – AG'' All the King's Men. Henry VIII & the Princes of the Renaissance. I Fagiolini. Robert Hollingworth. Concordia. Mark Levy. Metronome 1012

*1996 – IF'' Los Ministriles. Spanish Renaissance Wind Music. Piffaro Renaissance Band. Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken. Archiv 453 441

*1996 – ES'' Resonanzen '96. Musik aus den Habsburgerlanden. Varios grupos. ORF "Edition Alte Musik" CD 091 (2 Cds)

*1997 – IC'' A Ricolta Bubu – Medieval and Renaissance Music. Bob, Frank en Zussen. Pavane ADW 7391

*1998 – IN'' Court and Cathedral. The two worlds of Francisco de Peñalosa. Concentus Musicus Minnesota. Arthur Maud (composer). Meridian 84406

*1998 – OU'' Sephardic Journey. Spain and the Spanish Jews. La Rondinella. Dorian DOR 93 171

*1998 – IC'' De Antequara sale un moro. Musique de l'Espagne chrétienne, maure et juive vers 1492.

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. Carlos Serrano. Jade 74 321 79256-2

*1998 – EG'' Cartas al Rey Moro. Begoña Olavide. Jubal JMPA 001

*1998 – FF'' Música no tempo das Caravelas.

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. *1999 – IR'' Bella de vos som amorós. La Música en la Corte de los Reyes Católicos y Carlos I. Capella Virelai. Jordi Reguant. La mà de guido 2035

*1999 – AV'' La Folia, 1490–1701. Corelli, Marais, Martín y Coll, Ortiz, & Anónimos. Jordi Savall et al. Alia Vox AV 9805 (CD). Alia Vox AVSA 9805 (SACD-H)

*1999 – MB'' Chacona. Renaissance Spain in the Age of Empire. Ex Umbris. Dorian 93207

*2000 – IF'' Diferencias – A Journey through Al-Andalus and Hispania. Codex Huelgas – Villancicos. Ensemble Diferencias. Conrad Steinmann. Divox Antiqua CDX-79809

*2000 – AK'' ''Piva. Renaissance Song of Italy and Spain. Duo LiveOak. Gyre Music 10032

*2000 – AG'' Plaser y gasajo. Música cortesana en tiempos del Papa Alejandro VI. Capella de Ministrers. Carles Magraner. Auvidis Ibèrica (Naïve) AVI 8027

*2000 – AT'' Carlos V. Mille Regretz: La Canción del Emperador.

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*2000 – PI'' Pilgerwege.

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*2000 – AY'' Nunca fue pena mayor. Música Religiosa en torno al Papa Alejandro VI.

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y Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana. Carles Magraner. Auvidis Ibèrica (Naïve) AVI 8026

*2001 – ON'' Constantinople. Musique du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance. Kiya Tabassian & Ensemble Constantinople. ATMA ACD2 2269

*2001 – UI'' Cançoner del duc de Calàbria. Duos i Exercicis sobre els vuit tons. In Canto. La mà de guido 2043

*2001 – ER'' ¡Baylado!. Music of Renaissance Spain. The Terra Nova Consort. Dorian 90298

*2001 – RL'' Bread, Wine & Song. Music & Feasting in Renaissance Europe.

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*2002 – LA'' A las puertas de Granada. Begoña Olavide. Mudéjar. Jubal JMPA 005

*2002 – UF'' Cancionero. Music for the Spanish Court 1470–1520. The Dufay Collective. Avie AV0005

*2002 – IM'' Misteris de Dolor. Cantos sacros de Catalunya y Polifonía instrumental española – s. XVI-XVII.

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. Thomas Wimmer. Pneuma PN-410

*2003 – AN'' La Conquista de Granada – Isabel la Católica. Las Cortes europeas, los Cancioneros y Musica Andalusi Nazari. Música Antigua.

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. Pneuma PN-660

*2003 – OT'' El Fuego. Musique polyphonique profane di Siècle d'Or. Música de la Corte. Eduardo Notrica. Voice of Lyrics VOL BL 703 *2004 – AP'' Isabel I, Reina de Castilla. Luces y Sombras en el tiempo de la primera gran Reina del Renacimiento 1451–1504. La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Hespèrion XXI. Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AV 9838 (CD). Alia Vox AVSA 9838 (SACD-H)

*2004 – DM'' Cancionero de Palacio. Capella de Ministrers. Carles Magraner. Licanus CDM 0409

*2005 – AP'' Música cortesana en la Europa de Juana I de Castilla 1479–1555. Las Cortes europeas y los Cancioneros. Musica Antigua. Eduardo Paniagua. Pneuma PN-710

*2005 – OS'' In Vino. Wine in music from the 15th and 16th centuries. La Rossignol. Tactus 400004

*2006 – EI'' Christophorus Columbus. Paraísos Perdidos. Hespèrion XXI. La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA 9850 A+B (2 SACD-H)

*2006 – OR'' Borgia. Música religiosa en torno al papa Alejandro VI (1492–1503). Capella de Ministrers. Carles Magraner. Licanus CDM 0616

*2006 – IB'' La Spagna. Felipe I El Hermoso. Mecenas de la música europea. Camerata Iberia. Juan Carlos de Mulder. Open Music BS 059 CD

Bibliography

*''Historia de la música española''. Vol 2. ''Desde el Ars Nova hasta 1600''. Samuel Rubio. Alianza Editorial. Madrid. 1983 *Commentaries by Josep Romeu y Figueras in the booklet of ''El cancionero de palacio: 1474–1516''. J. Savall. Hespèrion XX. *Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo. ''Cancionero musical de los siglos XV y XVI''. Real Academia de las Bellas Artes de San Fernando. 1890 * Anglés, Higinio. ''La música en la corte de los Reyes Católicos'', II, III, Polifonía profana: Cancionero Musical de Palacio (siglos XV-XVI), 2 vols. Monumentos de la Música Española, nos 5, 10. C.S.I.C. y Instituto Español de Musicología. Barcelona. 1947 y 1951. * ''Historia de la Música en España e Hispanoamérica 2. De los Reyes Católicos a Felipe II''. Maricarmen Gómez (ed.). Fondo de Cultura Económica. Madrid-México D.F., 2012.

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