Hesperion XXI Ancient Music part 2

[HappyRick]

This is one of the earliest Folias written. it is categorized as the 1st type of folia. The 2nd type was developed by the 17th C French JB Lully and is the longest remembered musical theme in Western music.

This anonymousl folia is called the Folia di Rodrigo Martinez and was written in 1490. The piece has comical lyrics about a fool named Rodrigo Martinez, who mistakes geese for cows. Most believe that fool alluded to was the Portuguese King Don Sebastion who lost Portugal to Spain.

[emilioarias41]

Espero que os guste la cantiga nº. 11 de Alfonso X El Sabio, en versión de Eloy Vázquez.

[CTABPOGIN]

This is wonderful, anyway, why all the listeners seem to be wearing glasses? In fact, even I do, hehe

[Thenser]

Three persons haven't ears, what a pity...

[jackievasq]

This sounds a lot like the music from Mexico from the states of Veracruz, and Tampalipas (Son Huasteco) It's music from the soul

[musicmaru]

semplicemente fantastico...jordi savall è sempre il migliore!

[bakagajin]

Does anyone know exactly wich song this is?

[risterion]

Rodrigo Martínez.

[katsandroses]

*magnificent*

[lpcdcass]

Musica molto bella e ben eseguita. Nel nostro video di risposta eseguiamo un trotto medievale con la nostra orchestra di 400 ragazzi. Ancora complimenti.

[fimoar]

Bellissimo. Grazie

[alex444000]

wonderful

[geisterbahn1]

that sounds very modern to me !

[maferinnii]

Amiazing. I love Jordi Savall

[Chompchompyerded]

OMG! Jordi Sevall has the bow I used to own!!! I'd recognize that ivory frog anywhere. I wondered where it ended up after I had my accident. Now I know.

Katherine Hart, formerly of the Academy of Ancient Music

[anisometropie]

@Chompchompyerded What happened to you ? can't you play the viol any longer ? this is so sad !

[Chompchompyerded]

@anisometropie @anisometropie Sorry it took me so long to reply. I've been without a computer for a while. I was hit by a drunk driver. Snapped my neck at C4/C5. I'm now a tetraplegic (quadraplegic in the US) wheelchair jocky.

Accident aside, I couldn't hope for the bow to have a better home! I think you've now motivated me to see if I can find out who got my Viola, alto & tenor gambas, and my del Jesu viola d'amore.

[morinkhuur]

Eso me chifla...

[0pteryx]

Rodrigo Martinez, A las ánsares, ahe!

Pensando qu'era vacas Silvávalas. He!

Rodrigo Martinez, Atán garido,

Los tus ansarinos Liévalos el río, ahe!

Pensando qu'era vacas Silvávalas. He!

Rodrigo Martinez, Atán lozano,

Los tus ansarinos Liévalos el vado, ahe!

Pensando qu'era vacas Silvávalas. He!

Rodrigo Martinez, Atán garido.

[diego4407]

Maravilloso!!

[shanghaitriad]

amazing

[Quergitarre]

wow!

[conejomoshi]

Vieron que amargado un señor del principio?

[PhalainaBelgium]

Brilliant !  Phalaina

[Rabbagello]

@ 2:08 Merlin IS ALIVE!!!!!

Haha,. srry :$,. though I like the music very much!

;)

[8stringerr]

the clapping in the begining sounded like a part of the music for just a little bit i love it

[frphilipmullen]

Merci! :)

[durbinrus]

Wonderful!

[MindOfKosovo]

Great !!!!!!!!!!

[advokat19]

E n j o i,

all mine dear friends over This Beautiful Globe.

Thanks for this great music.

Slobodan from Serbia.

[mgg80]

the guy on the drum rocks my world

[Savant28]

I am on the boat, sailing the Med, high summer, 1500, YES!

[radiodani]

Thank you for the video! I think that Savall the greatest filological musician in the world! I saw him three times in live performance. Very good!

[joven35]

This is such great music! Thank you!

[crataegus1976]

I think this piece is called "Rodrigo Martinez" from el cancionero de palacio as somebody said before. Jordi Savall is incredible as always

[jokin20a]

It's "Rodrigo Martinez" but in a strange version because this is a Lyric Song. With the lyric it's just incredible.

[solazgalatea]

In fact this is a "folia" version (a kind of improvisation over a known theme) and because of that this version doesn't include the lyrics.

[gninnigebymsidneym]

sorry, that last one was a response to pcOsence's comment.

[8stringerr]

this takes me back to a time i was never alive

[vanderbilt887]

nicely put!

[jmdez]

our collective memory for time in memorium.

[HappyRick]

@8stringerr

This was written in 1490, 520 years ago!

And yes, Jordi Savall's viola da gamba is as good as any time machine that I could imagine!

[firebreathone]

WOW. endlessly fascinating

[byf43]

If you search for-> Anónimo: Folia: Rodrigo Martinez(1490)

You can find a softer and slower version of this music.

[BachLoveNat]

AMAZING!!!!!

10**********

[C6H12B26]

Well, it is HESPERION XXI with Jordi Savall, Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, Pedro Estevan. Simply the best ! Great thanks !

[TeodorFok]

Thanks for commenting)

[gpesp]

Sounds like South American baroque. Notice the troll playing the drum. What a laugh!!!

[HARMONICO101]

It is I think. I think it is a peruvian folia, but I'm not sure.

[gninnigebymsidneym]

This piece is from "el cancionero de palacio", a spanish (well, mostly Castilla at the time of the Catholic kings) song book, and it has a simple text. Hesperion XX (they were XX befre the cahnge of century) has the vocal version in their disc "EL Cancionero de Palacio".

And the troll-looking guy is Pedro Estevan, a percussionist who is really hypnotic to watch, an incredible performer :D

[HARMONICO101]

Now that I watch this video again, I see how incredibly wrong I was. What the hell was I thinking? lol.

[gninnigebymsidneym]

You're not completely wrong, H101. Some spanish composers of the time went to america and developed their styles there. So there is something of this in latin-american ancient music.

[HARMONICO101]

True, but this style is far too archaic. Most of the european music developed in South America was Baroque.

[pc0sence]

The Catholic Kings...but isn't King Juan Carlos de Borbon a catholic, or was it Catholic Kings ruling at the same time?

[gninnigebymsidneym]

Isabel de Castilla and Fernando de Aragón are known as the "Catholic kings". They ruled the spanish provinces of Castilla, León and Aragón in the period where the moors were expelled from the south of Spain and Columbus arrived to America. Juan Carlos de Borbón is today's spanish king...about 5 centuries later if I'm not mistaken, and yes, he is catholic also.