Publisher's description:
An edition for performers and scholars of the "Cantigas de Loor", a sub-corpus of the "Cantigas of Santa Maria", a vast collection of over 400 songs with texts in the Galician language, ascribed to King Alfonso the Wise (reigned 1252-84). The introduction is in English with parallel Spanish. There is also a chapter on the pronumciation of medieval Galician to aid performers as well as offering a contemporary understanding of the late 13th-century mensural notation.

From the back cover:
The Cantigas de Santa María constitute one of the jewels of medieval European vernacular song: a vast collection of over 400 pieces, with texts in the Galician language, ascribed to King Alfonso the Wise († 1284). While most of the cantigas narrate miracles of the Virgin Mary, the corpus is carefully structured so that every tenth piece is a song in her praise.
This new edition of the sub-corpus of praise-songs, Cantigas de Loor, has been prepared with both scholars and performers in mind. It offers a new understanding of the late thirteenth-century mensural notation, with the original note and ligature shapes reproduced above the modern stave. The reading of the notation is justified in an introductory chapter (in English with parallel Spanish), and in notes to the individual cantigas.
For the performer, the text of the cantigas have been fully syllabified, and underlaid in all stanzas; a chapter on the pronunciation of medieval Galician (aimed at the non-specialist in languages) is provided for performers whose first language is English.
Finally, the texts have been newly prepared in a regularised spelling, with a parallel English version for those (whether musicians or literary scholars) who seek a word-by-word understanding of the original. An introductory chapter, and notes on the individual texts, provide a context for a fuller understanding.

Contents:
page VI Abbreviations and Conventions
VII Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Alfonso and the Cantigas
19 The Notation of the Cantigas / La notación de las Cantigas
59 The Language of the Cantigas
69 The Present Edition
71 Sources & Bibliography
77 Cantigas
279 Index of first lines