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por Mª José de Vega Elías
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- Castilian king who composed Cantigas de Santa María.

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Another name of cornamuse

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-They are pieces of music dedicated to Virgin Mary, composed around the second half of the 13th century under the supervision of the king of Castile, Alfonso X the Wise.

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A medieval scale. Their most important notes are D an d A.

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The first part of Middle Ages.

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-Country in which first troubadours lived.

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Name of religious, monophonic and Medieval music is known.

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A very important female composer in this period. She was a polifacetic abbess who composed 78 pieces of music.

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-Objects that are non used in vocal and religious music in Middle Ages.

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Popular travelling musicians who made their living by staging shows using conjuring tricks, acrobatics and maybe trained animals, at castles and villages. playing songs composed by other composers on a variety of instruments. They were the first disseminators of popular songs.

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-A plucked string instrument ancestor of the guitar.

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-It´s the texture of Gregorian chant.

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-Composer who was inspired by medieval Carmina Burana in 20th century.

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-Another name for Gregorian chant.

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- A a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose. In Spanish the word is rosetón.

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- A Medieval instrument whose name reminds us a snake.

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-Four lines to write medieval music (staff´s ancestor).

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Cantigas de Santa María were dedicated to the ________________