About Cantiga
Cantiga is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of song and Galician-Portuguese lyric.
Cantiga has given rise to 1 subgenre on this site, such as Cantiga de escarnio e maldizer.
From Wikipedia
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.
Cantiga is also the name of a poetic and musical form of the Renaissance, often associated with the villancico and the canción.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Cantiga.
- ↑ song
- ↑ Galician-Portuguese lyric
- ↓ Cantiga de escarnio e maldizer
Frequently asked questions
What is Cantiga?
Cantiga is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of song and Galician-Portuguese lyric.