A la caça, sus a la caça, from the Cancionero de Palacio

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Title : A la caça, sus a la caça, from Cancionero de Palacio
Composer : Luchas (c. 1500)
Epoque : Renaissance
Level : 3. Intermediate
Instrumentation : Recorder Quartet, Recorder Quartet (SATB)
Genre : Renaissance Song, Vocal music

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This piece is a part of the Cancionero de Palacio, also called Cancionero de Barbieri, a spanish manuscript that contains more than 400 polyphonic songs.
We know nothing about this composer “Luchas”.
The lyrics are about love and use a lot of metaphor with “to hunt for love”.

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