Cancioneiro (Songbook)
Eu non canto por cantar
The first edition of this book of popular Galician songs, Eu non canto por cantar, was published by the supermarket chain Gadis as a gift for its customers to celebrate Galician Literature Day (Día das Letras Galegas) in 2014.
AUTHORS
- Manuel Rico Verea
- Antón Santamarina Fernández
EDITING AND DESIGN COORDINATION
- Cibrán Rico López
- Xesús Vázquez Gómez
Popular Galician songs, which were traditionally passed down from generation to generation during family celebrations, festivals, processions, street gatherings, communal work and in the taverns, remain in the collective memory and are associated with these traditional situations.
Our selection is an attempt to recover part of these traditional songs to jog the memory of those that were already familiar with them, or to introduce this aspect of our cultural identity to those encountering them for the first time.
The scores in this songbook were transcribed by Manuel Rico from the songbooks listed in the bibliography, as well as live performances or audio recordings.
We wish to thank those persons that collected, sang and passed on these songs, as their work made this songbook possible.
The rhythmic and metric groups have been combined to make the reading and performing the score easier. In addition, the speed indicated in the top left-hand corner of each song corresponds to the approximate basic pulse.