Few people realize how lucky we are now. At least those of us who live in a safe country. Times were difficult, and not much of a heating system. We live better than kings and queens, and have the music too.
@@JanglingYourBoTo be quite honest, you can be much more successful doing this today than you were back then, and many people do this without being touched, like corrupt politicians who destroy their own nation, or billionaire companies that grew up destroying others, there are also scammers of all kinds that make their living so today it's even worse than before, just be smart
@@conorthefivechickenedcockr9003 I dunno what your situation is now but you really wouldn't have wanted to live there considering how easy it was to die. If you weren't killed at birth than some random disease would've done you in before being an adult. IF depending on the medieval era the place wasn't torched before adulthood either.
I love the music, and I find this piece to be exceptional and magic. It's not that hard to play, a piece doesn't have to be difficult to be great. You can probably have a pint in your fist in a modern tavern and experience the same thing .:-) Allan
I've been listening this track over 3+ years, and it always makes me remember the time I used to be so amused by Medieval stuff. It gives me that feeling of comfort, making me imagine living in a more difficult era, yet, simple in many aspects.
You may like the book, "A Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval Europe" by Ian Mortimer. And for engaging period fiction, "The Doomsday Book" by Connie Willis.
Dear Mario's absolute for real do you believe yourself to be reincarnated it's not an insult it's a real question I kind of believe in it myself please let me know thank you
I'd go back to those days in heartbeat ... to hell with Modernity. Send be back to a time when people lived hard, loved hard, played hard, fought hard, and died hard.
Yes, music is timeless, this piece is really so old and it just works to well. In a day when the new I-Phone is obsolete in 2 years or less, this piece is timeless and will never be out of date. I love this one. It's magic. - Allan
This is a magical piece, and it's amazing that it has lasted. It's at least eight centuries old, and as it could be a pagan song, it might be much older.
Oh! Took me 23 years to discover this! I love this kind of music and just now I heard about the Cantigas de Santa Maria. I'm a happier person now, thank you for posting it!
I have a great passion for medieval music, especially lute and mandolin ones like this, they 'canter' I like to say, like a horse, truly deep stuff. And to think, that behind all this music, in an era which seemed so jolly, it was so cruel and blood sodden, this is what really captures me about the middle ages, they were never very up front with their attitude, very good stuff once again.
yes :D they had a true spirit that flowed with their music, and there is nothing better than sitting with close friends and tapping your foot to the music you play
The Inter-Medievalae period (generally recognised by today's monastic historians as ca. 1610-2020) was a time of great loss, fear, hardship and mystery. How did wealth become so unequal that the great cities of 2015 were burned to the ground? Where did the Ebola outbreak of 2016 come from and why was it so much worse than the 2014/5 one? Why did the crash of 2017 not produce a resurgence as all previous slumps had done? However we can be thankful that the Second Mediaval Period has for the last three centuries brought about a revival in arts, sculpture, and especally music, enjoyed by all the 5 million people of Britain today....
well I visited Canterbury in 2004 and I saw and felt the things I feel now with this lovely melodies. lucky you for having the time to play this charming music. the only thing we have time to do in my country is to work or go to hell:/
If you lived to 40 back in those times, you were an old person. You married early, you worked from dawn to dusk, you ate food is a necessity not a pleasure. If you got sick, you probably would die. Harsh life but despite the wars plagues and famine, humans survived it all
Not in the middle east and asia! We have many historical figures, commanders living up to ages like 120 in the same era. How different and diverse world can be it is fascinating. Respect to both cultures. Humans will hopefully survive for a long time, cheers friend.
when a song is fast and furious, it indicates that the player is good, when a guitarist plays something like THIS it indicates his TRUE knowledge in the beauty of music
I'm making a videogame based on Alfonso's X the Wise nephew -Don Juan Manuel- works, and I'm searching for information relative to that time via internet and libraries. I think his cantigas really fit for the theme and I'll probably use some of them for the game.
Those Cantigas are written in Galician-Portuguese ,that language is now spoken in Portugal ,and the Spanish evolution (Galician) in north-western Spain
@guitarandlute It's pretty sure that King Alfonso X the Wise wrote some of the pieces, but some others are, as you say, Mossarab tunes, traditional songs or compositions by some other trobadours.
the Guitar parts are generally simple, and in the back of this book there are many examples of the patterns that I use to play the pieces. Sometimes the entire part is written out if the piece is complex. For the Balkan book, we do have optional guitar parts. Many people also use other instruments to play the chords. Allan
Ron, thank you very much. I just listened to your playing and it's delightful. Your playing is Rhythmic which I love, and it's all about the music, More musicians need to step out of the way and let the music sing instead of trying to make the player the center of attention. - Allan
wonderful example of meideval music, and the history incoperated on in th evid is priceles, thanls:). i will be using this music for my hist class, we have an assignment on meideval love music. thank you so much
sigh... when i listen to this, i imagine myself in a medieval tavern with a good ol' pint in my fist. a brawl in the corner, people singing, laughing, crying, and whatever other noise.
Hi JDnx, Yes, it can be played on a guitar. I have this piece in two book/cd collections. Mostly Medieval Music for Guitar Book/CD for classical players, and Flatpicking Medieval Music for Guitar for players who prefer a pick. Both book/CD collections which are on our web site. Allan
Yes, either written by Alfonso Sabio X or one of his court, or collected from pagan tunes and adapted by them. The variation is written by Allan Alexander
Hi - This is a Weber aspen II which is an inexpensive mandolin, but you can get a very nice sound from a Kentucky, look for an A type, not a bluegrass mandolin. Something with a round or oval hole, not f holes. You can find them at your music store (call first) and on Ebay. - Allan
Hey Allan, Thanks for the reply. I will order one of the two soon, I'm not that good yet at reading music so I think I'll start with the Medieval Faires. All the best!
Has anyone noticed that this song sounds just like the "Slinky" jingle? You can actually sing the "It walks down stairs alone or in pairs and makes a slinkidy sound..." part along with this song.
@@loulou8999 I'm sorry, I don't do any of those. I do sell CDs though if you want one of them. I guess I'm just old school. Or, if you play mandolin I have book/cds and you can play it yourself.
great playing, great tune! love it! but it would sound truly great on a medieval citole. (with gut strings, pythagorean tuning etc etc lol) wicked riffs abound in these cantigas.
The Book/CD is very reasonably priced. You get the notation, the Tablature and a CD. You can also play along with the CD. Hey, help support the artist who put this here. - Allan
Nina Flying cupcake Monster It's beautiful because you're listening to one of the medieval era music, or should i say "beautifully historical" to make it simple :).
@MissKoemiko I believe they are something like a dulcimer, although guitarandlute's guess of a zither could be correct too. Hard to tell, but they look like they'd be fun to play :)
You have created a video that is actually a beautiful piece of educational material for historic music - Will you be covering other time periods? I was captivated and educated all at once! That seems a special talent to me, and perhaps deserves further exploration? =o) Absolutely amazing work.
indeed, that's with many things. the simplest things in life are always underestimated, but gives always a flavor to life (like for example beer ;) ) without noticing it until you think (or hear) about it. about the tavern part. you can indeed do this nowadays but you don't have the same frivolity like you had in the taverns in medieval times (like dancing and troubadours or minstrell playing on he's lute and the people singing along with them) anyway well played :)
just go to vidtomp3, it's where I download all songs from youtube, if you don't know how to download it, just click in youtube "how to download music from youtube", I usually use vidtomp3 or vid2mp3, hope I helped :)
Few people realize how lucky we are now. At least those of us who live in a safe country. Times were difficult, and not much of a heating system. We live better than kings and queens, and have the music too.
N Americans had it better back then no doubt.
Yea, but you go ahead and try to raid and pillage in these modern times and see how far you can get.
This comment has been up for 10 years, and only one person replied? wtf!?
@@OrthoKarter Can't help you Carter, I just play, arrange and write the music
@@JanglingYourBoTo be quite honest, you can be much more successful doing this today than you were back then, and many people do this without being touched, like corrupt politicians who destroy their own nation, or billionaire companies that grew up destroying others, there are also scammers of all kinds that make their living so today it's even worse than before, just be smart
Extraordinary! Instruments played with very high accuracy.
Closing his eyes is like we were in the Middle Ages.
Flawless! Bravo!
Great medieval song! It transports me to another time period.
Thank you for making this sweet melody available.
Thank you Rahul, it's a great tune.
The middle ages is such a fascinating time, I am definitely a medieval enthusiast, but thank God I was not born or living then!
I crave to have lived back then. Better than now days. By far.
@@conorthefivechickenedcockr9003 Maybe you both had a past life there and then.
@@conorthefivechickenedcockr9003 I dunno what your situation is now but you really wouldn't have wanted to live there considering how easy it was to die. If you weren't killed at birth than some random disease would've done you in before being an adult. IF depending on the medieval era the place wasn't torched before adulthood either.
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If you were born then you wont feel the technological gap.
So it would not feel so difficult imo
I love the music, and I find this piece to be exceptional and magic. It's not that hard to play, a piece doesn't have to be difficult to be great. You can probably have a pint in your fist in a modern tavern and experience the same thing .:-) Allan
I've been listening this track over 3+ years, and it always makes me remember the time I used to be so amused by Medieval stuff. It gives me that feeling of comfort, making me imagine living in a more difficult era, yet, simple in many aspects.
It's magic and absolutely Timeless. Thank you.
You may like the book, "A Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval Europe" by Ian Mortimer. And for engaging period fiction, "The Doomsday Book" by Connie Willis.
It's strange it makes me feel almost patriotic like I should be marching on the Saracens or something.
Medieval Music is so fantastic and beautiful! That's real art
You N'wah
@@niewidzialnytemplariusz1445 You N WORD
As cantigas do antigo reino , longa vida Hispania Gallaecia !
Reminds me the days when I was raiding Jerusalem and I had my wife back in Spain
Dear Mario's absolute for real do you believe yourself to be reincarnated it's not an insult it's a real question I kind of believe in it myself please let me know thank you
En los reinos de Iberia no hacía falta ir a Jerusalén para hacer la guerra santa
There is no better music than Cantiga :)
I'd go back to those days in heartbeat ... to hell with Modernity. Send be back to a time when people lived hard, loved hard, played hard, fought hard, and died hard.
Fantástica interpretación de ésta cantiga de Santa María, nuestra cultura vive en nosotros, un saludo desde Madrid, España
Thank you, I believe you will enjoy playing it even more, this is one addictive piece.
Allan
very awesome allan
Son los sonidos "abuelos" de los nuevos sonidos, esta es la raiz de todo. simplemente, bello
Yes, music is timeless, this piece is really so old and it just works to well. In a day when the new I-Phone is obsolete in 2 years or less, this piece is timeless and will never be out of date. I love this one. It's magic. - Allan
This is a magical piece, and it's amazing that it has lasted. It's at least eight centuries old, and as it could be a pagan song, it might be much older.
visiting Canterbury with this lovely music....my lord! great atmosphere :)
+Danisa Gladys I'm jealous but very afraid to fly. I play music instead
Oh! Took me 23 years to discover this! I love this kind of music and just now I heard about the Cantigas de Santa Maria. I'm a happier person now, thank you for posting it!
I have a great passion for medieval music, especially lute and mandolin ones like this, they 'canter' I like to say, like a horse, truly deep stuff. And to think, that behind all this music, in an era which seemed so jolly, it was so cruel and blood sodden, this is what really captures me about the middle ages, they were never very up front with their attitude, very good stuff once again.
Великолепная музыка, спокойная и аккуратная
yes :D they had a true spirit that flowed with their music, and there is nothing better than sitting with close friends and tapping your foot to the music you play
I love medival music.
I now what you mean Milena, it is timeless. This has lasted almost 800 years. Amazing.
I really love the music and the piece of history you have added, nicely done!
Truly wonderful music. I love it!!
The Inter-Medievalae period (generally recognised by today's monastic historians as ca. 1610-2020) was a time of great loss, fear, hardship and mystery. How did wealth become so unequal that the great cities of 2015 were burned to the ground? Where did the Ebola outbreak of 2016 come from and why was it so much worse than the 2014/5 one? Why did the crash of 2017 not produce a resurgence as all previous slumps had done? However we can be thankful that the Second Mediaval Period has for the last three centuries brought about a revival in arts, sculpture, and especally music, enjoyed by all the 5 million people of Britain today....
I have this book and CD. And this is my favorite piece from it.
It's a great tune, and it was created so long ago. Amazing
absolutely beautiful, can't stop listening to this song. :)
This is very beautifully historical, well done, and thank you for uploading this.
Thank You Very Much
well I visited Canterbury in 2004 and I saw and felt the things I feel now with this lovely melodies. lucky you for having the time to play this charming music. the only thing we have time to do in my country is to work or go to hell:/
Incredible, lovely.....
Thank you very much.
If you lived to 40 back in those times, you were an old person. You married early, you worked from dawn to dusk, you ate food is a necessity not a pleasure. If you got sick, you probably would die. Harsh life but despite the wars plagues and famine, humans survived it all
Not in the middle east and asia! We have many historical figures, commanders living up to ages like 120 in the same era. How different and diverse world can be it is fascinating. Respect to both cultures. Humans will hopefully survive for a long time, cheers friend.
Music is an artistic emotional expression! It can survive through anything!
when a song is fast and furious, it indicates that the player is good, when a guitarist plays something like THIS it indicates his TRUE knowledge in the beauty of music
I'm making a videogame based on Alfonso's X the Wise nephew -Don Juan Manuel- works, and I'm searching for information relative to that time via internet and libraries. I think his cantigas really fit for the theme and I'll probably use some of them for the game.
Those Cantigas are written in Galician-Portuguese ,that language is now spoken in Portugal ,and the Spanish evolution (Galician) in north-western Spain
graceful and magic , great video , thank you for sharing
Thank you Nicolas
@guitarandlute It's pretty sure that King Alfonso X the Wise wrote some of the pieces, but some others are, as you say, Mossarab tunes, traditional songs or compositions by some other trobadours.
I play this Cantiga on the harp and your version on mandolin inspired me to do so :)
Beautiful, thanks!
beautiful melody, calming. thanks
Thank you Very Much
Lindo demais!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gratidão.... gratidão... gratidão
Thank You!
Just GREAT !
Thanks A LOT once more !!!
the Guitar parts are generally simple, and in the back of this book there are many examples of the patterns that I use to play the pieces. Sometimes the entire part is written out if the piece is complex. For the Balkan book, we do have optional guitar parts. Many people also use other instruments to play the chords.
Allan
Ron, thank you very much. I just listened to your playing and it's delightful. Your playing is Rhythmic which I love, and it's all about the music, More musicians need to step out of the way and let the music sing instead of trying to make the player the center of attention. - Allan
wonderful example of meideval music, and the history incoperated on in th evid is priceles, thanls:). i will be using this music for my hist class, we have an assignment on meideval love music. thank you so much
Spanish medieval music...
Magic baby.
sigh... when i listen to this, i imagine myself in a medieval tavern with a good ol' pint in my fist. a brawl in the corner, people singing, laughing, crying, and whatever other noise.
LOTS IF BEER
LOTS OF ADVENTURES
And the finest weed the land has to offer!
@Azhag Dark maybe not in a tavern but I'm sure it was done in a place where merchant would eat or other places that weren't for peasants.
And he rode with his army at his back, conquering and uniting the kingdoms. He was loved by many and hated by few.
Hi JDnx, Yes, it can be played on a guitar. I have this piece in two book/cd collections. Mostly Medieval Music for Guitar Book/CD for classical players, and Flatpicking Medieval Music for Guitar for players who prefer a pick. Both book/CD collections which are on our web site.
Allan
Very, very nice! Thanks for sharing.
I love this music.
Just ordered my CD booklet from eBay. Look forward to working on music from this time frame. It is gold.
Yes, this music is fantastic and sounds terrific on the Mandolin. I hope you have fun with the music. - Allan
amazing works
Très jolie version de ce Cantigas !
Thank you!
Made it!
I can play it on my mandolin now! muahaha, the world is mine!!! :P
Awesome music!
Wonderful tune
BELLISIMA!!
Yes, either written by Alfonso Sabio X or one of his court, or collected from pagan tunes and adapted by them. The variation is written by Allan Alexander
Hi - This is a Weber aspen II which is an inexpensive mandolin, but you can get a very nice sound from a Kentucky, look for an A type, not a bluegrass mandolin. Something with a round or oval hole, not f holes. You can find them at your music store (call first) and on Ebay. - Allan
I love this kind of knightly music.
@MssAmoureux Thank you very much
Yeah, it really is...
Can't stop playing it...
The instruments are Mandolin on the Melody, backed up on guitar. We have this book/cd available, or even just the CD. - Allan
Molto bella questa musica medievale!
Hi, Yes, this is A style and Oval hole. Many companies make them, the Webers are a bit expensive, but Kentucky makes one which is nice. - Allan
Cool, I'm going to check this out. Thank you!
Hey Allan,
Thanks for the reply. I will order one of the two soon, I'm not that good yet at reading music so I think I'll start with the Medieval Faires.
All the best!
Has anyone noticed that this song sounds just like the "Slinky" jingle? You can actually sing the "It walks down stairs alone or in pairs and makes a slinkidy sound..." part along with this song.
A great, great work. It sounds beautiful.
Thank you so much. This piece is really wonderful. And so so so old.
Is it possible to buy the album through Itunes Store, Amazon Play Music or MP3?
@@loulou8999 I'm sorry, I don't do any of those. I do sell CDs though if you want one of them. I guess I'm just old school. Or, if you play mandolin I have book/cds and you can play it yourself.
Thank you very much. I´ll try to buy CD.
Alaúde, é bem trovadorismo.
Très beau morceau.
great music
zdravo covek!!
Amo!
can listen to it in loop for hours
It is one of the all time great tunes from Medieval Times.
great playing, great tune! love it!
but it would sound truly great on a medieval citole. (with gut strings, pythagorean tuning etc etc lol) wicked riffs abound in these cantigas.
Thank you Very much, and I agree with you.
ist das schön :)
This sounds good!
Thank You.
The Book/CD is very reasonably priced. You get the notation, the Tablature and a CD. You can also play along with the CD. Hey, help support the artist who put this here. - Allan
I love it, it is very peaceful
Nina Flying cupcake Monster I would call it historical instead of "peaceful"
Thesilentassassin188 I guess it is historic but yet very peaceful and good for the brain waves
It is amazing how good composers were back then. As good or better than today.
Nina Flying cupcake Monster It's beautiful because you're listening to one of the medieval era music, or should i say "beautifully historical" to make it simple :).
Thesilentassassin188 doesn't matter it's still beautiful
You can learn to play this. Get a Mandolin and then buy the Book/CD. You can be playing this great peice also.
Allan
:-) Well, just do what works and have fun. Glad to have cleared that up. - Allan
Yes, there should be a link to the audio files on my site where you can find the book.
I love this song xDD
It's Timeless. Hard to believe it was written so long ago. It's magic.
@@guitarandlute Yes, and is most wonderful when you remember that you have Family in Spain (I guess, I'm Mexican xDDD).
@@BugEnderman No family in spain, all in the US. Stay safe.
@@guitarandlute I said that because I'm Mexican, so is possible that I have family in Spain xdd
Beutyfull !!!!!
@MissKoemiko I believe they are something like a dulcimer, although guitarandlute's guess of a zither could be correct too. Hard to tell, but they look like they'd be fun to play :)
I wrote my BMus thesis on Alfonso El Sabio. It’s great to hear his cantigas.
His collection is incredibly Amazing.
well done made
Deus Vult!
happiest people i've seen from this age in paintings.
I leave the live version of the ballad 119 of Alfonso X, by Eloy Vazquez.
very nice
Magnifique
Thank you So Much - Allan
best version out there
Thank you Rusty
I find it telling that what is called by some "the golden age of the church" is called by others "the dark ages"...
You have created a video that is actually a beautiful piece of educational material for historic music - Will you be covering other time periods? I was captivated and educated all at once! That seems a special talent to me, and perhaps deserves further exploration? =o) Absolutely amazing work.
indeed, that's with many things. the simplest things in life are always underestimated, but gives always a flavor to life (like for example beer ;) ) without noticing it until you think (or hear) about it.
about the tavern part. you can indeed do this nowadays but you don't have the same frivolity like you had in the taverns in medieval times (like dancing and troubadours or minstrell playing on he's lute and the people singing along with them)
anyway well played :)
just go to vidtomp3, it's where I download all songs from youtube, if you don't know how to download it, just click in youtube "how to download music from youtube", I usually use vidtomp3 or vid2mp3, hope I helped :)