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CANTIGAS (Spanish. Cantigas) - Spanish. secular and spiritual songs with lyrics in Nar. Galician-Portuguese. dialect, which reached its highest development in the 13th century, during the reign of King Alphonse X of Castile. K., apparently, were created. poets and musicians. In the decomp. b-kah and the archives of Spain, Portugal and Italy kept manuscripts containing records mean. the number of such songs. From secular K., only texts have reached us. Records of spiritual K. - songs of praise in honor of the Virgin Mary, of which more than 400 are known in total - contain melodies. A common feature of K. is the alternation of passages performed by a chorus and a choir. K.'s melodies are diverse - the choral warehouse, such as tunes of the troubadours, nar. songs and dances. In the melodic and in the forms of K. (wirele, rondo, etc.), the influence of the French is affected. music. In Dep. TO.used with new lyrics melodies of an earlier origin.