Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
English Galley "Subtle": 1540
The music is Morisco music, found on Iberian Garden, Vol. 1 by
Altramar. The piece is Muwashshah: Mā li-l-muwallah, 1113-1198.
This music takes place at the beautiful gardens along the Guadalquiver, near Cordoba.
This is during the "convivencia" under Alfonso X (El Sabio - The Wise), the time
before Granda fell: when Christians, Moslems and Jews lived at peace with each
other. Muwashshah are songs in poetic form, with instrumental interludes in the
form of Ibn Bājja (Avempace): 1470-1520. This is Morisco art.
While our interest in Moriscos requires a focus upon the
Mediterranean, thus upon the North African coast, Iberia,
France, Ottoman Turkey, etc., other countries are also of
interest, such as England.
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