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Quen a Virgen - video

17 October 2010 – 23:18

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Cantiga CSM 103 “Quen a Virgen ben servirá” from “Cantigas de Santa María, Spain, XIII century, performed by the early music ensemble Via Artis Konsort.
           
Recorded at Græsted Church, Denmark and filmed “on location” at the Monastery of Leyre, Spain. HD vertsion.You’re welcome to share the video.

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Todo el mundo - video

16 July 2010 – 14:54

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Todo el mundo en general by the Spanish organist Francisco Correa de Arauxo, recorded at the renaissance organ at the Castle of Sonderborg, Denmark.
           
Todo el mundo en general is included on the CD El Arte de Tañer by Via artis Konsort member Poul Udbye Pock-Steen. The CD is released on PARLA son- [parla09001]

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Pavana con su glosa

12 December 2009 – 16:41

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Album notes for El Arte de Tañer (parla09001)
Cabezón’s famous pavanne that probably isn’t a pavanne and maybe not even by Cabezón.  
This catchy dance piece with variations originates from a music book published in 1577 by the Spanish organist Luis Venegas de Henestrosa. The piece is attributed to “Antonio”, and this, sort of insider information, [...]

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Legend - Santo Domingo de la Calzada

26 April 2009 – 18:20

Legends from Via Stellae

This is one of the well-known legends from the pilgrim road to Santiago de Compostela.
Less known is the song Por dereito ten a Virgen from the collection Cantigas de Santa Maria, but the lyrics tell by and large the same story.
Please listen to Por dereito ten a Virgen, in an instrumental version, [...]

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In chorus: Todo el mundo en general

14 March 2009 – 20:14

Todo el mundo en general was once a very popular religious song with lyrics by the Andalusian poet Miguel Cid. The popularity it gained in its time was tremendous, in fact today we wouldn’t hesitate to classify it as a “hit”. But like many other popular songs throughout history, Todo el mundo had its palmy [...]

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Everybody

8 December 2008 – 1:28

A story from real cyber life:
The other day I received a message from a Japanese musician via the internet portal and radio Last.fm. Just downloaded Todo el mundo en general from our album Via Stellae, he had put the song on what he called ‘power playing’ on his media player.
This social internet portal Last.fm gives [...]

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