The Silk Road is one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilizations. Along this great Silk Road travelled not only the traffic of trade, but also the cultures of nations, spiritual values and religious ideas. Silk has been one of the ways around which has turned the relationship between nations of the East and West, and through silk a technological, economic, artistic and cultural communication has been produced between geographicallydifferent areas, which have turned it into a route of transmission of knowledge, a route of interchange of cultures and customs. We too have been formed by it, making us more aware of our multicultural past, of which Islam formed part with key contributions, amongst which is worth underlining the introduction of the silk industry into the European continent.

This is a musical journey through the territories of the Silk Road, across borders. It is a unique experience to share this common heritage, by recovering the past in order for it to be borne to the present, using music as a universal language.

Contents:

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I. Serinda or the Country of the Seres
From the land of silk in the Far East to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire
- Dunhuang Mogao. Manuscrit de la dinastia Tang (segle X)
- Resham. Raga de la península de l’Hindostà (segle XII)
- Kārwānsarā. El Camí Reial (Pèrsia)
- In sericis procedere. Antifonari d’Estambul
II. The arrival of Al-Andalus
The Muslim conquest of the ancient Silk Road
- Llunes noves. Al-Hallaŷ poem (al-Bayda 857-Bagdag 922)
- Ya Wahid Alghid. Moaxaja - Ibn Sanā’ al-Mulk (Egipte)
- Tawq al-hamāma. El collar de la paloma d’Ibn Hazm (Xàtiva 1023)
- Ya Rachiq.Zaryab (Ziryab, segle IX)
III - Marco Polo
The great Eastern cities on the Silk Road in the East in the 13th century
- Dansa persa i Cançò persa
- Yizhou - Cui Lingqin. Il Milione
- La toscana. Saltarello
- Άξιον Εστίν - Πατριαρχικόν. Cant Bizantí
- Cathay. El viatge de Marco Polo

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IV. Byzantium to Italy
The Art of Silk travels from Byzantium to the northern Italian cities: Venice, Florence and Genoa
- Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός. Cantiga de Bizanci
- Perla mya cara. Lauda italiana
- Tarz-I Cihân Saz Semâisi. Dansa tradicional Otomana
- Vernans Rosa. Manuscrit de Torino
V. Jewish and Converso silk workers
Heirs of the Muslim tradition throughout the Christian Mediterranean
- La galana y el mar. Romanç Sefardí
- Açoch. Dansa de les tres cultures
VI. The Cantigas
Troubadours and trouvères. Occitania, Castile, Galicia and Portugal
- A la vora de la mar. Tradicional
- Brocat i dança. Cantiga de Santa Maria
- Un fil de soie. Chanson de toile
- Cantiga de la seda. Cantiga de Santa Maria
VII. The Crown of Aragon
Silk in the 15th century in the Crown of Aragon: the silk company of Barcelona, the Art de Velluters and the Lonja de Valencia
- Mandilatos. Dansa tradicional de Tràcia
- Al jorn del judici. El cant de la Sibil·la