Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

Llibre Vermell de MontserratThe Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (Catalan for "Red Book of Montserrat") is a collection of late medieval songs. The 14th century manuscript was located at the monastery of Montserrat outside Barcelona in Catalonia.

The songs, were written for the pilgrims to have something appropriately "chaste and pious" to sing. The songs are in Catalan, in Occitan and in Latin. While the collection was written near the end of the fourteenth century, much of the music in the collection appears from its style to originate earlier; the motet Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa contains two different texts which can be sung simultaneously, a style that would have been old fashioned when the manuscript was compiled.

The songs have many of the characteristics of folk songs as well as hymns. Some are monophonic, while others are set in two to four parts of usually non-imitative polyphony. Some of the monodic songs can be sung as canons. The relative simplicity and strong melodies of the songs has given the music collected in the Red Book a lasting appeal, and these songs are some of the most frequently recorded pieces of early music.

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Total 12 sheet(s) found, listing between 0 - 12.
Song Added By Pages Instruments Sheet Type File
Cuncti Simus Concanentes Dafne (1)
5140d ago
1 Vocal Other
Mariam Matrem hundee1 (1)
5260d ago
1 Vocal Original
Stella Splendens Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
2 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Splendens Ceptigera Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Polorum Regina Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Transcription
O Virgo Splendens Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Mariam Mattrem Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
2 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Los Set Goyts Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Laudemus Virginuem Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Imperayritc de la Ciutat Joyosa - Verges Ses Par Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
2 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Ad Mortem Festinamus Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
2 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Cuncti Simus Concanentes Arianddu (223)
5437d ago
1 Vocal Transcription