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Spanish Medieval Music

March 27, 2021, 7:00 pm

Codex Calixtinus (Photo: M a n u e l from Valdemoro, Spain, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

A visit to the very famous 12th century Codex Calixtinus, the 13th century Martin Codex and the hypnotic sounds of early instrumental music.

Playlist

Tant’e Santa de ben mui comprida, by Alfonso the 10th, El Sabio

Qual é a santivigada, by Alfonso the 10th, El Sabio

Mi irmana fremosa, by Anonymous

Insuraf Btahyi, by Anonymous

Triste está el Rey David, by Anonymous

Bell m’es quieu chant, by Ramon de Mirval

Tant m’abelis, by Berenguer de Palou
Jota Martínez Ensemble

Songs from Codex Calixtinus, by Anonymous
Anonymous 4 Ensemble

El tahur, by Alfonso the 10th, El Sabio
Jota Martínez Ensemble

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Meet the Host

Composer, musician, and professor, Elbio Rodríguez Barilari was born in 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied at the Conservatório Universitario before continuing his education in Brazil at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporáne. Since settling in the United States in 1998, Barilari has lectured at the University of Chicago and the Instituto Cervantes. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As a composer, Barilari has received commissions from the Grant Park Music Festival, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Park District, and Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo. In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, he has provided scores for more than forty plays in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Spanish Medieval Music

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