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* Rip Cohen. ''500 Cantigas d’Amigo,'' edição crítica/critical edition. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. * Giulia Lanciani and Giuseppe Tavani (edd.). ''Dicionário da Literatura Medieval Galega e Portuguesa''. Lisbon: Caminho, 1993. * Manuel Pedro Ferreira. ''O Som de Martin Codax. Sobre a dimensão musical da lírica galego-portuguesa (séculos XII-XIV''). Lisbon: UNISYS/ Imprensa Nacional – Casa de Moeda, 1986. * Manuel Pedro Ferreira. ''Cantus Coronatus: 7 Cantigas d’El Rei Dom Dinis''. Kassel: Reichenberger, 2005. *Manuel Rodrigues Lapa. ''Cantigas d’escarnho e de mal dizer dos cancioneiros medievais galego-portugueses'', edição crítica. 2nd ed. Vigo: Editorial Galaxia, 1970. *Walter Mettmann. ''Afonso X, o Sabio. Cantigas de Santa Maria''. 4 vols. Coimbra: Por ordem da Universidade, 1959–72 (rpt. Vigo: Ediçóns Xerais de Galicia, 1981). *Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos. ''Cancioneiro da Ajuda'', edição critica e commentada. 2 vols. Halle a.S.: Max Niemeyer, 1904 (rpt. with Michaëlis 1920, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional – Casa de Moeda, 1990). *Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos. “Glossário do Cancioneiro da Ajuda”. ''Revista Lusitana'' (1920) 23: 1–95. *José Joaquim Nunes. ''Cantigas d’amor dos trovadores galego-portugueses''. Edição crítica acompanhada de introdução, comentário, variantes, e glossário. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1932 (rpt. Lisbon: Centro do Livro Brasileiro, 1972). *Jack Sage. "Cantiga", ''

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(subscription access). *Giuseppe Tavani. ''Trovadores e Jograis: Introdução à poesia medieval galego-portuguesa''. Lisbon: Caminho. 2002. {{refend Song forms Songs in classical music Galician-Portuguese lyric Medieval compositions

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