Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional (Renascentista)

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This article refers to a Renaissance songbook. For the Portuguese medieval songbook, see Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional

Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional or simply Cancioneiro de Lisboa (in English: National Library Songbook or Lisbon Songbook) is the name given to the manuscript CIC 60 which is kept in the Portuguese National Library, in Lisbon. It is one of the four Renaissance songbooks of Portuguese music (along with the Elvas Songbook, the Belém Songbook and the Paris Songbook).

This songbook compiles both secular and sacred music of the 15th and 16th centuries. There is not a single reference on composers, but some works are known to be composed by Francisco de Peñalosa, Juan de Anchieta, Pedro de Escobar and others.