The Cancionero de Turin or Cancionero Musical de Turin is a musical manuscript that contains Spanish secular polyphonic works from the period between the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, in the transition period between the Renaissance and the Baroque eras.

The manuscript The manuscript is kept at the National University Library (R.1–14) in Turin, Italy.

47 pieces are listed in the index section, however one of them is a duplication. Three other works—two of which are duplicates—in the manuscript are not included in the index. On the other hand, the works listed as numbers 36 and 37, Salte y baile and Mi voluntad no me dexa are in fact parts of a single work titled Por dinero baila el perro. Therefore, the cancionero contains 46 individual works. One of them is for 4 voices, 35 are for 3 voices and the ten remaining are for 2 voices. The musical forms employed are the villancico, the canción and the romance.

All the pieces are anonymous, but one of them, Sobre moradas violetas, is also found in the Cancionero de la Sablonara, attributed to the Sevillian guitarist and composer Juan de Palomares, on a text by Catalina Zamudio.

Several texts were extracted from the romancero or were written by known authors, such as Lope de Vega, Catalina Zamudio, etc.

List of works

+ NºTitleVoicesGenreConc.RecordingsComments 1 Por la puente, Juana3 Romance FIC The refrain is found in several 17th-century re-compilations. It's also the title of a comedy by Lope de Vega. 2Ay, malogrados pensamientos míos2 Canción FIC 3Ya no soy quien ser solía 3 4¿Qué es esto pensamiento? 3 5 A la gineta y vestido 2 6 Adiós esperanças3 Villancico FIC 7Al enredador, vecinas 3 FIC 8 Ay suspiros 3 9Aquí ho hay que esperar 3 10 Ay, amargas soledades 2Romance CLA, FIC Text: Lope de Vega11 Volved pensamiento mío 3 12 Bella pastorcica 3Villancico FIC 13 ¿Cómo puede temer daño? 3 14 Con çiertas desconfianças3 15 Cómo retumban los remos 3 16 De pechos sobre una peña 3 17 ¿Dónde estás, Señora mía?3 Romance PMA, FIC Also known by the title Romance del Marqués de Mantua, it is cited in the novel Don Quixote.18 Desdichada la dama2 FIC 19 De los álamos vengo 3 20 En esta larga ausencia 2 21 Fuego de Dios 2Romance FIC Calderón de la Barca wrote a comedy based on this romance.22 Gavilán que andáis de noche 3Villancico FIC 23 La ocasión del mal que siento 3 24 Madre, la mi madre5/3 PMA, FIC Variants of the text appear in works by Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Miguel de Cervantes (El celoso extremeño). Composer Pedro Ruimonte set one of these variants to music in his Parnaso Español de madrigales y villancicos.25 La morena graciosa 3 26 En el campo florido3 27 Río de Sevilla 3 28 = No 4 3 29 Mal haya, quien s'enamora 3 30 No me lo pregunte, madre 3 31No paséis, el caballero 3 32 No puedo en tus ojos bellos2 Villancico FIC 33 No quiero contar mi pena 4 34 Ojos no lloréis3 35 Horas tristes y amargas 3 36 Salte y baile (Por dinero baila el perro)3 Villancico FIC 37 Señora, después que os vi 3 38 Vay os amores 2Villancico FIC 39 Sobre moradas violetas 3Romance SAB FIC Composer: Juan de Palomar — Text: Catalina Zamudio40 Otras veces m'avéis visto 3 41 Mi querido es ido al monte 3 42 Puse mis cabellos3 43 Pensamiento, pues dizen3 Canción FIC 44 Era la noche más fría 3 45 Blanda la mano 2 46 No lloréis casada 2Villancico FIC It's a villancico on the subject of the mal maridada (badly married lady), of French–Provençal origin.47 = No 12 3 48 En el más soberbio monte3 49 = No 163 Concordance with other manuscripts: SAB - Múnich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. Ms. E.200 (Cancionero de la Sablonara).

Discography 1982/1990 - [PMA] Música en la obra de Cervantes. Pro Música Antiqua de Madrid. Miguel Ángel Tallante. MEC 1028 CD 2002 - [CLA] Canciones de amor y de guerra. Clarincanto. Pneuma 2005 - [FIC] Cancionero de Turín. Musica Ficta. Raúl Mallavibarrena. Enchiriadis EN 2013.

References and bibliography

Raúl Mallavibarrena's article inside the booklet of the album Cancionero de Turín by Musica Ficta.

External links List of works