Ferreira, Manuel Pedro Ramalho2018-05-162018-05-162016PURE: 2404658PURE UUID: 48820a1a-2d29-45ec-a252-6642e735833fORCID: /0000-0003-1708-3247/work/70926657http://hdl.handle.net/10362/37228UID/EAT/00693/2013The Cantigas de Santa Maria are one of the most imposing corpus of medieval European song. The status of the notation in the 13th-century MSS is however ambiguous, and there are very few direct clues concerning performance. This paper will examine a few songs where conflict between text layout and notated melody, or contradictory decisions by the copyist, illuminate the musical context, allowing the modern performer to construct a meaningful interpretation, faithful yet free from strict literalism.1203063engCantigas de Santa Mariacorpus of medieval European song13th-centuryHermeneuticsnotational senseconference object