villancico

Examples

• All

• The cantiga de amigo and the villancicos quoted above are both folkloric and literary, for they constitute popular songs that were either used or adapted by learned poets.

  Academic text (1998)

• Many popular Castilian villancicos from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries mention the sea as well.

  Academic text (1998)

• In another villancico, the maiden implies that her lover is leaving her alone when she tells her mother that the ships are on their way to the Levant:

  Academic text (1998)

• After the shepherds' scene and the villancico, Placida reappears to recite another long monologue that establishes a symmetry with the first part of the play?

  Academic text (1997)

• Gimeno (78) believes that the villancico is to be sung by Placida, but this possibility seems unlikely since Placida's name does not appear in the text until after the termination of the song.

  Academic text (1997)

• Without any further documentation, it may seem far-fetched to surmise that the girl in the "barcarola" is also telling her mother that seeing the boats in the ocean makes her feel like making love, that the oarsmen in the popular villancico will do the same as soon as they begin to row the ship of love, and that the maiden in the third example is referring to "Levante" with the same meaning that we find in La Lozana andaluza.

  Academic text (1998)

• The villancico we performed at the school play highlighted the beauty of the holiday season.

• Each winter, my family gathers to listen to beautiful villancicos that remind us of our heritage.

Synonyms

C

carol

vsvillancico

601 2.3

A happy song that people sing at Christmas

is the same tradition but specifically Spanish or Latin American in origin

C

Christmas carol

vsvillancico

19 1.3

A joyful song sung at Christmas about the birth of Jesus

is similar but is a Spanish or Latin American traditional song

C

corrido

vsvillancico

4 7.7

A Mexican song that tells a story about events or famous people

is a short festive song, not mainly a storytelling ballad

S

seguidilla

vsvillancico

1 9.9

A lively Spanish dance and short song with a set pattern

is mainly a seasonal song rather than a set dance form

C

canción

vsvillancico

1 8.4

A Spanish song usually a popular or romantic tune

is more specific, focusing on Spanish or Latin American holiday songs

A

aguinaldo

vsvillancico

• US

9.9

A Christmas song that people sing during the holidays

is the broader Spanish or Latin American folk song category

V

villanelle

vsvillancico

• Archaic

9.7

A simple country song or dance from Italy

is similar in being folk music but from Spanish holiday traditions

C

cueca

vsvillancico

9.9

A traditional Chilean dance with music often performed by couples at festivals

is a song for holiday singing rather than a festival dance

Surface Forms

Etymology