Cantigas de Santa Maria (Alfonso X of Castile)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 427 cantigas total
Genre Categories Cantigas; For 1 voice; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; Portuguese language; Galician language; For guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For ukulele (arr); Scores featuring the ukulele (arr); for guitar or ukulele (arr); For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Santa Maria, strela do dia (No.100)

 Synthesized Performance
#242757 - 0.00MB - 0:55 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1268×⇩ - MID - wrshannon

MID file (audio/video)
wrshannon (2012/7/17)

Publisher Info. Altena: Jürgen Knuth
Performers Jürgen Knuth
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Synthesized Performance
#857644 - 2.22MB - 2:17 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 108×⇩ - MP3 - Dadvid

MP3 file (audio)
Dadvid (2023/6/3)

Publisher Info. David Edward Kemp
Performers Synthesized midi
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Cantiga #100 arranged for SATB recorders
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Toledo Codex (complete)
#408617 - 44.19MB, 320 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 756×⇩ - KGill

PDF scanned by E-Mn
KGill (2016/1/25)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1200s).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Color scan at 8bpp. Music starts on p.18 of the PDF.
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 Toledo Codex (music only)
#408624 - 5.37MB, 118 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 757×⇩ - KGill

PDF scanned by SCA
KGill (2016/1/25)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1200s).
Reprinted La musica de las Cantigas : estudio sobre su origen y naturaleza
Madrid: Tipografia de la Revista de Archivos, (1922).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes 300dpi B/W. Also includes extracts from the Escorial Codex (princeps) at the end.
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 Santa Maria, strela do dia (No.100)
#242754 - 0.02MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 20115×⇩ - wrshannon

PDF typeset by editor
wrshannon (2012/7/17)

 Engraving files (Capella)
#242755 - 0.00MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 11778×⇩ - wrshannon

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wrshannon (2012/7/17)

Editor Jürgen Knuth
Publisher. Info. Altena: Jürgen Knuth
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. !!!Attention, the whole sentence in the second verse of the song is missing!!!
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Guitar or Ukulele (Marieh)

 Quen a omagen da virgen
#475648 - 0.10MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2334×⇩ - Marieh

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Marieh (2017/6/13)

Arranger Marieh Marieh
Publisher. Info. Marieh Marieh
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For Ukulele (Mauriz)

 Cantiga 353
#630078 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1085×⇩ - Ferfer

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Ferfer (2020/6/6)

Arranger Fer Mauriz
Publisher. Info. Fer Mauriz
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Santa Maria, strela do dia (No.100)

For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Complete Score and Parts
#857642 - 2.16MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 841×⇩ - Dadvid

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Dadvid (2023/6/3)

Arranger David Edward Kemp
Publisher. Info. David Edward Kemp
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Cantiga #100 arranged for SATB recorders
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For Guitar (Marieh)

 Complete Score
#986196 - 0.29MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 58×⇩ - Marieh

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Marieh (2025/8/18)

 Complete Score (tablature)
#986197 - 0.30MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 21×⇩ - Marieh

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Marieh (2025/8/18)

Arranger Marieh Marieh
Publisher. Info. Marieh
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A Que Por Muy Gran Fremosa (No.384)

For Guitar or Ukulele (Marieh)

 Complete Score
#863587 - 0.08MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 419×⇩ - Marieh

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Marieh (2023/7/8)

Arranger Marieh Marieh
Publisher. Info. Marieh Marieh
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General Information

Work Title Cantigas de Santa Maria
Alternative. Title
Composer Alfonso X of Castile
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IA 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Varies by codex:
Escorial (codice princeps): 406 cantigas
Escorial (codice rico): 195 cantigas
Florence: 104 cantigas, text only (unfinished)
Toledo: 129 cantigas

CSM (see link below) lists 427 in all. See this page for a complete cross-listing of the contents of Toledo.

Language Medieval Galician-Portuguese
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Medieval
Piece Style Medieval
Instrumentation voice
External Links Wikipedia article
CSM for Singers
Greg Lindahl's website
Extra Information Although these are traditionally ascribed to Alfonso X of Castile, according to Grove Music "there is disagreement about whether the king limited his part to supervision or whether he wrote some of the words and music himself".
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