Romanesca

Romanesca is the name of the 16th and 17th century spread throughout Europe and then very popular melodic- harmonic set model, which was used for instrumental sets, arias and variation cycles. Famous examples of the romanesca model are the song Greensleeves and the Villancico Guardame las Vacas.

The romanesca, often called Aria by cantar is closely related to the Passamezzo antico and Folia. The origin of the romanesca - Italian or Spanish - has not been sufficiently clarified.