Les cançons dictades al segle XVII i principis del XVIII

Study of a repertory of songs from the mid 17th century to the early 18th century, related with the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries. First of all, Els Segadors, whose text originates from orality, tells of the evils of the troops of Philip IV and the count-duke Olivares in the Corpus de Sangre (1640). Ayats presents another version of this song: N’han baixat tres segadors / d’aquí dalt de la muntanya…, which also originates from orality and which offers us a different melody. Related with the War of Succession, another important example is the Cant des aucells quan arrivaren los vaxells davant de Barcelona y del desembarco de Carles III (que Déu guarde), published on a sheet printed in 1705. The contribution of data is accompanied by major analytical and critical review of the materials used in this study.