Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

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Catalonia, 1399. The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (Catalan for "Red Book of Montserrat") is a collection of late mediaeval songs. The 14th century manuscript was located at the monastery of Montserrat outside Barcelona in Catalonia. The manuscript was prepared in approximately 1399. It originally contained 172 double pages, of which 32 have been lost. The title "The Red Book of Montserrat" describes the red binding in which the collection was placed in the nineteenth century. No composer is identified for any of the songs it contains. The ten songs in the collection that survive are: 1. Song: O virgo splendens (fol. 21v-22) ("O Splendid Virgin") 2. Virelai/danse: Stella splendens (fol. 22r) ("Splendid Star") 3. Song: Laudemus Virginem (fol. 23) ("Let us praise the Virgin") 4. Virelai: Mariam, matrem virginem, attolite (fol. 25r) ("Praise Mary, the virgin mother") 5. Virelai/danse: Polorum Regina (fol. 24v) ("Queen of the Poles") 6. Virelai: Cuncti simus concanentes (fol. 24) ("Let us sing together") 7. Song: Splendens ceptigera (fol. 23) ("Splendid ruler") 8. Ballad/danse: Los set gotxs (fol. 23v) ("The seven joys") 9. Motet: Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa / Verges ses par misericordiosa (fol. 25v) ("Empress of the happy city" / "Virgin, out of mercy") 10. Virelai: Ad mortem festinamus (fol. 26v) ("We hasten towards death") User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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