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Mariam Matrem

Mariam Matrem appears on the following albums

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Venerated Patterns
The fourteenth century was also a significant period in the development of Western music; among the new musical forms which appeared was the canon. This importance is reflected in the introduction and use of the terms Ars Nova and Ars Antiqua which respectively refer to and differentiate the music traditions of fourteenth- and thirteenth-century Europe. The earliest Spanish canons (caca) are compiled in the Llibre Vermeil (Red Book), a fourteenth-century manuscript written and preserved at the monastery of Montserrat near Barcelona. They are included among the ten pieces that pilgrims sang while visiting the monastery; the majority are devoted to the Virgin Mary.