my understanding is that alfonso x collected these songs from both local sources and from pilgrims passing by.
i think national identity developed over time but i would bet that a bag pipe or a shepherd's flute in the 14th cent. sounded pretty much the same in umbria as it did in northumbria. i take your point about melodies and rhythms being sophisticated and intricate at times but they would also be subject to changing fashions and an infinite variety. thank you for your admonishment, roman; i will cease as of this minute to consider playing these pieces with pedal steel guitar. (i wonder what santo and johnny farina are doing these days...?) cordiale saluti - bill On Mercoled�, mar 24, 2004, at 13:19 Europe/Rome, Roman Turovsky wrote: >> my interest in early country music stems from something i once read >> about how music which evolved in the cities during the renaissance >> totally eclipsed the interest that was formerly paid to music from the >> country - cantigas de santa maria, llibre vermell, etc.. > What's so rustic about these? > RT > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://turovsky.org > http://polyhymnion.org > > >
