Chapter 11 - The Library of Iberian Resources Online

[180] A more accurate analysis of the musical structureof the cantiga requires a subdivision of each
verse, as reflected in the musical transcriptions made from the Cantigas codices in Example 11-4. The
first textual strophe is also problematic, specifically its second and third verses, wherein the division of
their lines necessitates six and four syllables per melody phrase. Also notice how the initial melody
phrase of the third verse ends on the second syllable of the word piadosa.
Rosa das rosas
e Fror das frores
Dona das donas.
Sennor das sennores.
Poetic Structure Melodic Structure
A 11(5+5)
A 11(5+6)
A x+w
A x+y
B
A x+z