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GASPAR FERNNDEZ(1566-1629)
XICOCHI CONETZINTLE
Chanzoneta a4
SSAB
At the original pitch and transposed down a fourth
edited byDrew Edward Davies
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About the work
Xicochi conetzintle is a Nativity themed chanzoneta with text in
Nahuatl from theCancionero de Gaspar Fernndez, the largest
manuscript of viceregal music in Mexico.Fernndez, a composer of
Iberian origin, wrote the piece in Puebla around 1614.
About the edition
This edition retains original pitches and note values. The
parallel octave present inmeasure 36 has not been altered. The
original uses chiavetteclefs (G2, G2, C2, F3). Atransposition of
the piece down a fourth is included for the convenience of
performers.
Source
Archivo Histrico de la Arquidcesis de Antequera-Oaxaca,
MexicoCancionero de Gaspar Fernndez, fol. 217v-218
Text and Translation
Xicochi conetzintle Sleep well, little child,ca omizhuihuijoco
for the angels have comein angelosme . to lull you.
Aleloya. Alleluia.
Transcription of the Nahuatl text by Berenice Alcntara Rojas.
English translation byDrew Edward Davies, derived from the Spanish
version by Berenice Alcntara Rojas.
Select Bibliography
Alcntara Rojas, Berenice, En mestizo y indio. Las obras con
textos en lenguanhuatl del Cancionero de Gaspar Fernndez, en
Conformacin y retrica delos repertorios catedralicios, ed. Drew
Edward Davies and Lucero Enrquez(Mexico City: Universidad Nacional
Autnoma de Mxico, in press).
Davies, Drew Edward, Las obras con textos en lengua nhuatl del
Cancionero deGaspar Fernndez. Transcripcin de la notacin musical,
en Conformacin yretrica de los repertorios catedralicios, ed. Drew
Edward Davies and LuceroEnrquez (Mexico City: Universidad Nacional
Autnoma de Mxico, in press).
Stevenson, Robert, Ethnological Impulses in the Baroque
Villancico, Inter-AmericanMusic Review14: 67-106 (1994).
Tello, Aurelio, ed., Cancionero Musical de Gaspar Fernandes,
vol. 1, Tesoro de laMsica Polifnica en Mxico, 10 (Mexico City:
CENIDIM, 2001).
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Soprano 2
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wXi co
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wxi co
wXi co.
chi,
wXi co wXi co
.chi, wxi co
.chi,.chi,
wxi co w
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wxi co wxi co
.chi,w co chi,
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wchi co
wnet zin
wxi co
.tle, wxi co wxi co
wchi co
wco w
chi co wchi co
wnet zin
wnet zin wnet zin wnet zin
.tle
.tle .tle .tle
wca o miz
whui hui
wjo co
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win an
w ge los
wca o miz.me, wca o miz wca o miz
whui hui
whui hui whui hui
wjo co
wjo co wjo co
win an
win an win an
w ge los
w ge losw ge los
.me,
.me,.me,
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27 whui hui
whui hui whui hui whui hui
wjo co
wjo co wjo co wjo co
win an
win an win an win an
w ge los
w ge losw ge losw ge los
.me,
.me,.me,.me,
win an
win an win an win an
wge los
wge los wge los wge los
.me,
.me,.me,.me,
win an
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36 wge losw ge los w
los wge los
.me..me..me..me.
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wle wle wle wle
.lo .lo .lo .lo
w ya, aw ya, aw ya, a.ya, a
wle wle wle wle
.lo .lo w
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wXi co
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wxi co
wXi co.
chi,
wXi co wXi co
.chi, wxi co.
chi,.chi,
wxi co w
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wxi co wxi co
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wchi co
wnet zin
wxi co.
tle, wxi co wxi co
wchi co w
co wchi co wchi co
wnet zin wnet zin
wnet zin wnet zin
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win an
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wca o miz
.me, wca o miz wca o miz
whui hui
whui hui whui hui
wjo co
wjo co wjo co
win an
win an win an
w ge los
w ge losw ge los
.me,
.me,.me,
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27 whui hui
whui hui whui hui whui hui
wjo co
wjo co wjo co wjo co
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w ge los
w ge losw ge losw ge los
.me,
.me,.me,.me,
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win an win an win an
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36 wge losw ge los w
los wge los
.me..me..me..me.
.A .A .A .A
wle wle wle wle
.lo .lo .lo .lo
w ya, aw ya, aw ya, a.ya, a
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MUSIC OF NEW SPAIN
scholarly performance editions of music from colonial Mexico
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