34. PERFORM Morenica, an anonymous Sephardic song. The Chr istians who lived in al-Andalus , known as Mozarabs, practised their own form of singing, similar to Gregor ian chant , but with a marked melismatic st yle. In secular music, the following forms were used: At the same time, until their expulsion by the Catholic Monarchs in 1 492 , the Jews in Castilla and Aragón created their own t y pe of music, called Sephardic music. It involved adapting traditional Castilian songs to Arabic rhy thms and instr umentation. The songs were usually about love, but there were also cradle songs , wedding songs and funeral songs . 35. SAY which is a Sephardic song and which is a nūba. ➔ La Galana y el Mar. ➔ Twisya. M o - re ni - ca_ - a - - m í m e l l a m an. Yo, blan ca na c í . Y de l sol de l en - ve - - - ra no yo m 'hi - z i - - - - - - an M o re ni ca, gra c i o ™ ™ z i ca sos. Tú m o - re - na_ - y yo gra - c i o - - zo y o - j os pre t os t ú. 42 & b & b & b & b 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 œ œ œ ˙ œ™ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ Ó Ó œ œ œ œ œ™ œ j ˙ cí. 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 ˙ Andante zajal A genre of poetr y of Mozarabic origin that was later developed in song form. A soloist and a choir sang it . It was usually accompanied on the lute, f lute, drum and castanets. nŪba It was a type of court composition. It was based on simple melodies. It alternated between vocal and instrumental parts, with contrasting rhythms and tempos. 24 I The Middle Ages
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