Abstract

The research made with regard to the music composed for the cult of the Apostle James is generally based on the Codex Calixtinus. Although the Codex is an outstanding source, it has little connection with the varied and widespread Jacobean lyrical expressions in the Iberian Peninsula throughout in the late Middle Ages. The discovery of this thirteenth-century antiphonary fragment from the Office of the Translation of St James in the cathedral of Segovia, will provide a glimpse, for the first time, of a part of the musical corpus compiled for the feast of St. James in the Middle Ages. The analysis presented here explores the applicability of modal, melodic and textual structures and their relationships with other repertoires, such as Gregorian chant or the works from the Calixtinus codex. At the same time, this study will examine the motives that promoted the creation of this celebration and its diffusion in the Iberian world. Moreover, it is hoped that this multi-faceted approach will attempt to date the origin of this religious service in the form that appears in the Segovia fragment, and also will detail the reasons of its reform after the Council of Trent. In conclusion, it will be compared to both the antiphonal and the responsorial series of this office, from different Spanish liturgical sources, with the aim of understanding the degree of uniformity in the transmission of its texts.

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  • The research made with regard to the music composed for the cult of the Apostle James is generally based on the Codex Calixtinus

  • La tardía compilación del oficio, datada como hemos visto a mediados del siglo XIII, podría hacer pensar en una difusión bastante homogénea, ya que para esta época la mayoría de las consuetas peninsulares estaban fijadas

  • 45 La consulta de un calendario segoviano datado en torno a 1400, una fecha por tanto en la que la fiesta estaba plenamente implantada, permite advertir que la celebración estival era con todas las capas, mientras que la de la Traslación era una categoría inferior –cuatro capas–; si bien, este último grado es compartido con advocaciones de notable arraigo como Santa Cecilia, San Clemente, el apóstol Andrés, o San Frutos, patrón de la diócesis; véase Segovia, AC: C-421/3, Libro de Pitanzas, sin foliar

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Introduction

Tomaremos para las partes no incluidas en el fragmento la redacción ofrecida por el Breviario de Segovia B-272, datado a mediados del siglo XV4, por ser el testimonio local que más se le aproxima en el tiempo. Parece que ignoró, al menos entre los siglos XII y XIII, la festividad de Santiago apóstol; de hecho, el Breviario local 33.5 ni siquiera recoge la celebración de la fiesta del 25 de julio[26].

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