Gosos are devotional and paraliturgical folk songs dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ or a saint, composed in Catalan, Sardinian or Spanish and characteristic of the Catalan Countries and Sardinia. Sung during religious ceremonies, processions, pilgrimages and votive festivals, the earliest written record of the form appears in the Chronicle of Muntaner from the 1320s, and a major collection of more than thirty thousand compositions is held by the Library of Catalonia.
Facts
Place of OriginCatalan Countries and Sardinia 1 Notable ExampleBallada dels goyts de nostre dona, Red Book of Montserrat, late 14th century 1 Defining TraitDevotional and paraliturgical songs dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ or a saint 1 FAQs
Why is the Catalan word goigs always plural?
It comes from the Seven Joys of the Virgin.
In Catalan, goigs means joys, from the Latin gaudium. The songs began by celebrating the Seven Joys of the Virgin, so the word is always used in the plural, even when it refers to a single composition.
Sources
1. Gosos (Wikipedia)
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devotional and paraliturgical songs sang pertaining to the folk tradition that are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, or a saint
Section: The Catalan goigs
the Ballada dels goyts de nostre dona en vulgar cathallan a ball redo
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devotional and paraliturgical songs sang pertaining to the folk tradition that are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, or a saint
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The gosos or goccius (Sardinian) or goigs (Catalan) are a kind of devotional and paraliturgical songs sang pertaining to the folk tradition that are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, or a saint.
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