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Romances (in general)

They are a type of poetic composition, of oral diffusion, very popular around Century XV. By their oral character many of them have been lost, although some have been compiled and reconstructed in the work "Flor nueva de romances viejos" ("New flower of old romances") (1928). Its structure usually is of octosyllabic poem with asonante rhyme in the even verses. An example of romance is the "Romance del Conde Niño" ("Romance of the Count Child"), modern version musicalized by Paco Ibañez here: link)