Cantigas de Santa Maria

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Music · c. 1270 · Castile (Toledo, Seville) · Europe

Some 420 songs on Marian miracles with notation — one of the largest medieval song collections

Cantigas de Santa Maria — Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Author: Alfonso X the Wise and his court
Century: 13th century

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