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The Spanish Hour takes us back to c. 1300 with Anonymous 4 in February 2022 (2/28 @ 10p)

A page from the manuscript
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Huelgas_Codex
A page from the manuscript

The Codex Las Huelgas is a music manuscript or codex from c. 1300 which originated in and has remained in the Cistercian convent of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos, in northern Spain. It was rediscovered in 1904 by two Benedictine monks who were researching Gregorian chant, and this month we'll hear examples performed by Anonymous 4.

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