This booklet contains new transcriptions of all 6 of the cantigas damigo by martin codax plus a new melody for the 7th that is without music and all 10 of the pilgrim songs from the llibre vermell. My editions of 8 of the 10 songs contained in the llibre vermell, as used in the grail transformation workshop, are accessible here as pdf files. Lots of modern performers have chosen to enliven the very simple strophic songs and rudimentary polyphony of the llibre vermell by adding hand drums, bells, string drones, and improvisations on recorder, but this performance casts all historically informed restraints to the condors. The monastery can be found about halfway up the steep, barren mountain. The files listed below are not complete listings of everything the choir has performed, especially for the earlier performances.
Though only ten songs survive today in this latefourteenth century manuscript, they give precious clues to the festal joys of the pilgrims worship including dancing. The nonmusical elements on these pages i also describe and if relevant translate. Antiphon for the virgin mary of montserrat, may be sung as a unison chant or as a two or three voice canon at the unison. Outside of barcelona, spain, is the legendary monastery of montserrat, the site of religious pilgrimages for a long time, possibly going back even before the christian era. Anonymous from llibre vermell by soto b bar instrumental introduction ma ri ma verse soloist i sos turn.
In the case of a pdf containing text, each paragraph is a text box. Polorum regina, like three other songs in the llibre vermell, carries the inscription a bal redon, catalan for with a round dance. It originally contained 172 double pages, of which 32 have been lost. For readability i resolved the medieval abbreviations and changed e into ae or.
This page is for members and friends of the northshield choir. Prelati et barones, comites incliti, religiosi omnes atque presbiteri. The 14th century manuscript was located at the monastery of montserrat outside barcelona in catalonia. The program has some chants which sound traditional and adhere to the usual practice of writing in church modes. Print and download in pdf or midi cuncti simus concanentes. The music fascicule of the llibre vermell begins at fol. Sbmp cuncti simus dancelike tutti cun du plica no anonymous. Libreoffice can create, open and edit hybrid pdf document, in writer calc. Principes et magnates extirpe regia seculi potestates optenta venia. Contiene una collezione di canti medievali e altro contenuto liturgico, risalente alla fine del medioevo. Libreoffice opens standard pdf in the draw module but not exactly as an image.
Convert and create pdf from various types of files like word doc, excel xls, powerpoint ppt. With your pdf document open, you can click on any piece of the document to see that every piece has become a live object figure a. The title the red book of montserrat describes the red binding in which the collection was placed in the 19th century. To see or print out the postscript files, you need, for instance, ghostscript or ghostviewer. Jul 25, 2012 edit pdf documents with libreoffice draw. A performing edition of two medieval spanish manuscripts. The 14th century manuscript was compiled in and is still located at the monastery of montserrat outside barcelona in catalonia. The 14thcentury manuscript was compiled in and is still located at the monastery of montserrat outside barcelona in catalonia. Peccaminum proclamant tundentes pectora poplite flexo clamant hic ave maria. The remaining pages were brought together and bound into a single book that was given a red silk velvet cover hence the name. Edit pdf documents with libreoffice draw techrepublic. Jahrhundert wird bis heute im kloster montserrat bei barcelona in katalonien aufbewahrt.