Enríquez de Valderrábano
En la ciudad de Betulia
Silva de sirenas (1547), fol. 20v
va030
| Source title | Esta historia es de la sagrada scriptura, del libro q[ue] llama[n] Iudich, a los doze capitulos, quando siendo biuda degollo a Holofernes por libertar al pueblo que estaua cercado. Primero grado. |
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| Title in contents | Historia de Judith quando siendo biuda degollo a Holofernes en el primero grado. |
| Text incipit | En la ciudad de betulia |
Music
Category song
Genre Historia
Fantasia type
Mode 1
Voices 4
Length (compases) 72
Vihuela
Tuning E
Courses 6
Final IV/1
Highest I/6
Lowest VI/1
Difficulty easy
Tempo medium
Song Text
Language ES
Vocal notation texted cifras rojas
Commentary
Romance. The source title reads “This story is from the holy scriptures, from the book called Judith, from chapter twelve, when as a widow she beheaded Holofernes in order to free the town that was under siege”. The Laudate Dominum [va031] that follows is the second part of the deshecha pair.
Editions
Recordings
Song Text
In Binkley Spanish Romances (with English translation), 144