Folger Shakespeare Library

201 East Capitol Street, SE

Washington, DC 20003

Fri, Mar 22 – Sun, Mar 24, 2024 2pm.

Join Folger Consort for a musical exploration of medieval Spain’s era of Christian, Islamic, and Jewish coexistence, including songs from the "Cantigas de Santa Maria."

The 13th-century Castilian court under King Alfonso the Wise was the center of a remarkable – and often harmonious – coexistence of Christian, Islamic, and Jewish peoples in an era known as Spain’s “convivencia” (“coexistence”). His court patronized musicians, artists, doctors, lawyers, and scholars from all three cultures.

Music from each tradition is brought together in a program that shares Sephardic songs, Arab Andalusian music, and songs from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, one of the most important historical sources of medieval music, compiled by King Alfonso.

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