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Luis Milán

Al amor quiero vencer [another version]

 

El Maestro (1536), fol. Q1

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Source title De la manera q[ue] este mismo villancico esta sonado aqui: el cantor ha de cantar llano. y la vihuela vaya algo a priesa.
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Text incipit Al amor quiero vencer


Music

Category song

Genre Villancico

Fantasia type

Mode

Voices 4

Length (compases) 40

Vihuela

Tuning A

Courses 6

Final IV/0

Highest I/7

Lowest VI/3

Difficulty not specified

Tempo medium

Song Text

Language ES

Vocal notation texted cifras rojas

Commentary

Rubric: “In the same style, this villancico here: the singer since unadorned and the vihuela goes quite fast.
In this version, the vihuela part is elaborated with passing notes, but not with extravagant redobles. The melody is clearly the same, but with variants that probably show the kind of variety that was acceptable to Milán/