Troubadours Troubadours were musicians who belonged to royal cour ts in palaces . Sometimes they were the nobles or monarchs themselves , with an excellent literar y and musical education. They per formed their own compositions , accompanied by str ing or wind instr uments . 27. PERFORM Tant M 'Abeli s by Berenguer de Palou. Tant m ’a - be - l i s j oys et a - m ors et chans et a - l e - gr i - er, de por t - Moderato e cor - t e - z i a, que l m on non a r i - cor ni m a - nen - t i a don m i e lhs d'ai s - som t en - gues per be - na nans; - dons, sai hi eu ben que m i dons t en l as c l aus de t ot z l os bens qu -' i eu a - t en ni es per, ™ ™ e ren d'ai - so sens l i eys non puesc a ver. - non puesc a ver. - 1. 2. 44 & b & b & b & b & b ∑ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ ™ ™ 44 / œ j œ œ j œ œ The songs of the troubadours were collected in songbooks. One songbook is the Cantigas de Amigo, which includes some love songs wr it ten in Galician by the troubadour Mar tín Códax . Another of the best-known songbooks is the Cantigas de Santa María, compiled by K ing A lfonso X the Wise. It includes more than 400 pieces , in Galician-Por tuguese with mensural notation. They're all dedicated to the Virgin Mar y and some were composed by the king himself and musicians from his cour t . In addition , the miniatures or illustrations in this songbook , which show musicians and instr uments , are impor tant sources of information about the musical practices of the per iod . The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, located in the monaster y of the same name in Barcelona , is a collection of songs and dances dedicated to the Virgin Mar y in several different languages . Pilgr ims per formed them when they ar r ived at the monaster y. Medieval manuscripts were ‘illuminated’ with gold, silver and bright colours. The decorative elements included elaborate first letters, f loral borders, and small illustrations called miniatures or illuminations. 19
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