Santa Maria, strela do dia, from Cantigas de Santa Maria (viola/cello duo)

Title: Santa Maria, strela do dia, from Cantigas de Santa Maria

Composer: unknown, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Viola and Cello

Printout: 2 pages

Note: This is a wonderfully evocative piece from one of the most important collections of medieval sacred music, the Cantigas de Santa Maria (songs of St Mary). Collected in the thirteenth century at the direction of Alfonso X of Castile, the Cantigas includes over 400 devotional songs.