Sound and its coding in ms El Escorial b-I-2 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria Authors Maria Incoronata Colantuono Santoro Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Keywords: Cantigas de Santa Maria, Alfonso X, medieval music, orality, composition systems, sound Abstract The collection of the Cantigas devoted to the Virgin Mary, which was promoted and compiled under the guidance of Alfonso X the Learned (1221-1284), is a repertoire created with the help of oral composition strategies like all medieval poetic-musical productions. On the basis of this premise, this study seeks to determine the relationship between Alfonso’s poems and their written reality by means of an analysis of the composition system that includes the interaction between text and melody. In the end, it is the melody, as the element which is in charge of transmission and which is architecturally responsible for the metric structuring (the original source of the rhythm’s flow and a direct consequence of the arrangement of the modal degrees), which must fit – without necessarily corresponding – with the prosodic structure of the text. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2023-11-30 Issue Vol. 16 (2023) Section Articles License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista Catalana de Musicologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the Societat Catalana de Musicologia for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the Societat Catalana de Musicologia when submitting articles. — The Societat Catalana de Musicologia is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
