Medieval compositions

Occitan anthem

mass setting composed by Guillaume de Machaut

A cantiga (cantica, cantar) is a medieval monophonic song, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric. Over 400 extant cantigas come from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, narrative songs about miracles or hymns in praise of the Holy Virgin. There are near 1700 secular cantigas but music has only survived for a very few: six cantigas de amigo by Martín Codax and seven cantigas de amor by Denis of Portugal.

right|thumb|upright|Portrait of Walther von der Vogelweide from the Codex Manesse (ms. C, fol. 124r) The Palästinalied ("Palestine Song") is a Medieval song written in the early 13th century by Walther von der Vogelweide, the most celebrated lyric poet of Middle High German literature. It is one of the few songs by Walther for which a melody has survived.

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medieval Latin liturgical dramas

early medieval liturgical music drama by Hildegard of Bingen

minne poem by Walther von der Vogelweide

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polyphonic setting of the mass from 14th century France

polyphonic mass written around 1360

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Middle English song from the 13th century