Chant-like choral passages interspersed with monodic baritone recitatives suggest that Russian orthodox church music may also have been on his mind.

He explores Luther as a musician, his theological understanding of music, and considers the link between hymnody and catechesis, the liturgical functions of his hymns, and his use of liturgical monodic chant.

Cantigas; milagres; manuscritos; poesia; musica; fontes ********** The Cantigas de Santa Maria (hereafter CSM), (1) the great work of Marian devotion masterminded by Alfonso X of Castile, combines and coordinates three artistic enterprises--a versified miracle collection, a vast repertoire of monodic song, and a wealth of illustrative miniatures.