The manuscript is written on parchment, with the staves written in red ink with. Codex las huelgas paul van nevel, huelgas ensemble. This codex is an important piece of musical and cultural history, as there is a strong possibility it was created for the use of the las huelgas nuns, who may. Music from th century spain recording over this one for both the makeup of.
The las huelgas beatus takes its name from the castilian monastery of las huelgas in burgos, the monastery where the manuscript was discovered in the late 1860s. The word huelgas, which usually refers to labour strikes in modern spanish, refers in this case to land which had been left fallow. The codex las huelgas ebulh is a music manuscript or codex from c. The manuscript was made in the first quarter of the 14th century in the royal cistercian abbey of santa maria al. The manuscript was made in the first quarter of the 14th century in the royal cistercian abbey of santa. Ese mismo ao estallaron huelgas en san petersburgo, mosc, ivanovovoznesiensk, nizhninovgorod, odessa, tithis y soratov. Instrumentation voices external links wikipedia article. Made in 1220, the book represents the largest and most recent codex of a tradition of five centuries of medieval illuminated commentaries on the book of revelation. Las huelgas aprendemos historia aprendemos historia. Liturgical hymns from the th century make up the precious content of this significant musical manuscript. This is considered to be one of the most important manuscripts concerning the music of the middle ages, and of spanish music overall.
It was rediscovered in 1904 by two benedictine monks. The original text dates to circa 775, when the asturian monk beatus. Putting the gender issue aside, i found the performances dry and uninteresting regardless of whether the piece was sung by the male or female ensemble. The convent was a wealthy one which had connections with the royal family of castile the manuscript contains 45 monophonic pieces 20 sequences, 5 conductus, 10 benedicamus tropes and. Historically, the monastery has been the site of many weddings of royal families, both foreign and spanish. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. It was preserved in the las huelgas convent founded by alfonso viii in burgos, spain. Salve porta regni glorie salve salus gentium salve 1.