music-msg - 7/3/00 Period music. NOTE: See also the files: p-songs-msg, song-sources-msg, songs-msg, music-bib, instruments-msg, recorders-msg, harps-msg, singing-msg, bardic-msg. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ From: sbloch at euler.ucsd.edu (Steve Bloch) Date: 21 Nov 91 18:33:49 GMT kate at micor.ocunix.on.ca (Kate Sanderson (Kasia Blackfox)) writes: > I have recently been trying to find some songs to sing at >events, and have been having a difficult time of it. Other than >a rather sketchy idea of "well, it doesn't sound out of place", >I really don't know where to start. The trouble is, that most >collections of period songs (and I don't care what period, I just >want to be able to sing at events), don't include the TUNES. I guess the first question is "for what purpose do you want to sing?" If you want to entertain people with lyrics, not just your lovely voice, you probably want songs in English, and a dialect of English comprehensible to modern ears at that. So the best place to look is the English madrigalists of the 16th and 17th centuries: Morley, Dowland, Byrd, Campion, Weelkes, Wilbye. This stuff is in a modern enough musical idiom that it won't weird people out. Much of it is in four-part arrangement, but there are plenty of solo songs, or "ayres", intended for the singer to accompany herself on the lute, and some of the four-part pieces have melody lines that could stand on their own. These are famous composers, and their works should be available in any college library's music section. If you're willing to step outside the English language, lots of French, German, and Italian songs from the same period become available. Composers like di Lasso, Hassler, Schuetz, Gastoldi, Willaert, and Janequin are some of the names to look for. And of course Josquin de Pres. Finally, if you want to be a little more tonally experimental, you can move back a century or three. This stuff tends to sound strange to modern ears, but if you do it well it's a lot of fun. Two friends and I have recently been working on the Carmina Burana (with original, 13th-14th-century tunes rather than Orff's 19th-century ones) and some troubadour/trouvere music from the same time period. This takes a little more library-work to track down, and sometimes it's in old notation. But Persis Ensor, from whom I took medieval-music classes two years ago, puts out a book of "Monophonic Songs of the 12th and 13th Centuries", with tunes in modern notation and (partial) lyrics in Middle English, Latin, Spanish, French, and German; write me for her address. To answer (in brief) the question of where to find this stuff, I strongly advise becoming familiar with the music collection of a good nearby library, preferably a college library. -- Stephen Bloch Joshua ibn-Eleazar ha-Shalib >sca>Caid>Calafia>St.Artemas sbloch at math.ucsd.edu Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: mchance at nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Chance) Subject: Lute Society of America Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept. Date: Thu, 10 Jun 93 19:55:47 GMT The following was orignally posted on the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.early. ==================================================================== If you are strongly interested in the lute and do not belong to the LSA [Lute Society of America], I strongly urge you to join. I have found it to be an invaluable source of information over the years, and I have also made many good friends by being involved with it. Basic information: We have approximately 500 individual members and 130 libraries which subscribe to our periodicals, the annual Journal and the quarterly (what else?) Quarterly. We also maintain a Microfilm Library, with many sources that are unavailable in facsimile or modern edition, which members can borrow from. We publish a directory of members annually in which you can advertise yourskills and interests, look up lute builders, or other players who live near you, etc. We normally hold a 6-day annual Summer Seminar with about 8-10 faculty, including such internationally renowned performers as Paul O'Dette, Nigel North, Jakob Lindberg, Stephen Stubbs, Bob Barto, to mention a few. This year it will be held June 27-July 2, in Rochester, New York. This year we are publishing the first LSA Special Publication, an anthology of easy pieces entitled "The First Book of French Tablature" (edited by Karen Meyers and typeset by Wayne Cripps.) If this is a success, we will hope to make this a regular series offering both editions of hard-to-find music and pedagogical material. If you are interested in joining the LSA, you can do so by sending a check to Beedle Hinely, PO Box 1328, Lexington VA 24450 (703-463-5812). We also accept Visa and MasterCard. Dues are $33/year ($63/2 years, $93/3 years.) Students pay $28/year. You can also contact the president, Caroline Usher, by e-mail at cpu at suna.biochem.duke.edu. Wayne -- Wayne Cripps wbc at sunapee.DARTMOUTH.EDU Bradley Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H. 03755 (603) 646-3198 -- Michael A. Chance St. Louis, Missouri, USA "At play in the fields Work: mc3078 at sw1sta.sbc.com of St. Vidicon" Play: ab899 at freenet.hsc.colorado.edu mchance at nyx.cs.du.edu Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: moore at mari.acc.stolaf.edu (Michael Moore/Peregrine the Illuminator) Subject: Re: British Books in Print Organization: Baronial Colleges of Nordleigh, SCA Date: Mon, 3 Jan 1994 17:23:14 GMT kate at Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Kate Sanderson) writes: >If anyone has a copy of British books in print, and could look up the >ISBN number for the Oxford Book of Carols, pub. Oxford university press, >I'd be very grateful. > >Kasia Blackfox Speaking as Choral Music Coordinator (i.e. librarian) of ST. Olaf College, Northfield MN., I have _The New Oxford Book of Carols_ in front of me. ISBN 0-19-353323-5 "Comprised of 201 carols (many in more than one musical setting), _The New Oxford Book of Carols_ is supplemented with extensive notes on their historical background and performance. The carols are presented using period settings and primary sources whenever possible, with a concern for historically informed performance across a variety of different repertories." It has both composed and traditional carols, including traditional English, Irish, Welsh, American, German, Trinidadian, Czech, Polish, Provencal, French, Basque, Spanish, and Neapolitan. A lot of the composed carols state which manuscript they are found in. This is published, as usual, by Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, and I hope someone can inform me of their local distributors, since I don't know. Overall, a good book for beginning research on carols. Peregrine From: sherman at trln.lib.unc.edu (dennis r. sherman) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: British Books in Print Date: 5 Jan 94 14:15:15 GMT Organization: Triangle Research Libraries Network Greetings to the Rialto from Robyyan. Peregrine says, while discussing the _Oxford Book of Carols_: >This is published, as usual, by Oxford University Press, Walton Street, >Oxford OX2 6DP, and I hope someone can inform me of their local distributors, >since I don't know. Oxford University Press 2001 Evans Rd Cary, NC 27513 USA 800-451-7556 Sorry I don't have a non-800 number for non-US folks. I believe the telephone number for the Oxfordshire location is 0865 567-67. -- Robyyan Torr d'Elandris Kapellenberg, Windmaster's Hill Atlantia Dennis R. Sherman Triangle Research Libraries Network dennis_sherman at unc.edu Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill From: Robin Carroll-Mann Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: HARP Date: Sat, 15 Jan 94 13:58:04 EST Organization: Delphi Internet writes: >I was wondering if anybody had any good sources for learing how to play the >celtic lap harp? I have been able to borrow one for about a month and can use >all the help I can get. I do have the Sylvia Woods book and am using that. I've been playing for about 4 years and taught myself from the Sylvia Woods book. I just bought _Exploring the Folk Harp_ by Janna & Mallory Geller. Published by Mel Bay. Price $19.95 (ISBN 1-56222-907-9) Try your music store or call Mel Bay at 1-800-863-5229 The book doesn't assume musical knowledge & has good info on technique, arranging, harp-buying, harp history, & more. The authors perform at renfaires (don't know if they're SCAdians) and they discuss stuff of interest to SCA harpers, like how to play outdoors, suitable garb for harping (avoid chainmail!), period musical style, etc. The 38 songs include folk tunes and a section of a dozen English Renaissance songs (with words). Enjoy your harping! Brighid ni Chiarain of Tethba Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: locksley at indirect.com (Joe Bethancourt) Subject: Re: HARP Organization: Internet Direct Inc (602)274-0100 Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 17:36:20 GMT Rc> lphi.com!usenet From: Robin Carroll-Mann Rc> Subject: Re: HARP Rc> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 94 13:58:04 EST Rc> writes: >I was wondering if anybody had any good sources for learing how to play the >celtic lap harp? I have been able to borrow one for about a month and can use >all the help I can get. I do have the Sylvia Woods book and am using that. Rc> Rc> I've been playing for about 4 years and taught myself from the Sylvia Rc> Woods book. I just bought _Exploring the Folk Harp_ by Janna & Mallory Rc> Geller. Published by Mel Bay. Price $19.95 (ISBN 1-56222-907-9) Rc> Try your music store or call Mel Bay at 1-800-863-5229 Rc> Rc> The book doesn't assume musical knowledge & has good info on Rc> technique, arranging, harp-buying, harp history, & more. The authors Rc> perform at renfaires (don't know if they're SCAdians) and they discuss Rc> stuff of interest to SCA harpers, like how to play outdoors, suitable Rc> garb for harping (avoid chainmail!), period musical style, etc. The 38 Rc> songs include folk tunes and a section of a dozen English Renaissance Rc> songs (with words). And if an SASE is sent me at PO Box 35190, Phoenix, AZ 85069, I will send a copy of my small manual on -medieval- harp techniques....... ... Cavalier Foreplay: "Gee, my love, I may be too pretty for you!" ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 -- locksley at indirect.com Locksley Plot Systems Inc. White Tree Productions CyberMongol Ltd. From: sharons at juliet.ll.mit.EDU (Sharon Stanfill) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: harp Date: 17 Jan 1994 14:30:44 -0500 Organization: The Internet A good series of books for learing to harp is published by Stephanie Curcio. They are intended for both folk and pedal. They start at a very basic level and are excellent for learning how to work out fingerings. Stephanie is a harper/harpist/instructor. I can't quite recall the prices, but I thing think each of the three books is 8.95. Contact Stephanie at: Stephanie Curcio Pub. 58 Winnicutt Road Stratham, NH 03885 603-778-1368 Newsgroups: rec.org.sca From: mjc+ at cs.cmu.edu (Monica Cellio) Subject: Re: Hammered Dulcimer Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 16:46:33 GMT >I am looking for sources of medieval music written for the Hammered Dulcimer. Within period, if music was written specifically for the dulcimer it didn't survive. There are a few arrangements by modern people in period styles (of varying success) out there; a few are in Carrie Crompton's book "Hammer Dulcimer Solos". Mostly, though, you'll have to roll your own. This isn't as bad as it sounds. For starters, even a basic melody, played well, sounds very good on the dulcimer. If you're interested in playing for dancing, you'd do well to learn a lot of the basic dance melodies; you can get away with no embellishment, though as you get better as a player you'll find yourself embellishing and trying more complex pieces. If there are musicians in your group ask them for dance music; if there aren't, try poking through Playford, Arbeau, etc. If nothing else, you should be able to find music at large events like Pennsic and Estrella. >Tips on learning to play the hammered dulcimer will also be appreciated! Keep practicing, and remember to exercise the off hand. :-) I'm self-taught on the dulcimer, as are most of the players I've talked to over the years. There are some reasonable books, but your best results will come from (1) gabbing with other players (ideally in person where you can *show* techniques) and (2) experimenting on your own. (I don't know where you're located, but I'll happily teach people at events; just ask.) Ellisif From: augment at world.std.com (Michael Bergman) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: mediaeval jewish music Date: 7 Apr 1994 23:34:13 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway I thought that this might be of interest to people. Its from rec.music.early ------- Forwarded Message From: eclectic at MIT.EDU Date: Thu, 7 Apr 94 18:06:09 -0400 Subject: Medieval Sephardic Music from Spain [rec.music.early #8738] - ------ Forwarded Article <9403300020.AA16884 at software.pulse.com> - ------ From Dave Lampson I recently got a fascinating CD that I thought the group might like to know about. It is the second disc in a series called the "Jewels of Sephardim" exploring the medieval Spanish/Jewish balladry preserved by the Sephardim, descendants of the Jews of medieval Spain. This new release, titled "Wings of Time: The Sephardic Legacy of Multi- Cultural Medieval Spain" (Songbird Music AEACD 1405 55:47) features vocalist and dulcimer player Lauren Pomerantz joined by three instrumentalists who have appeared on Ensemble Alcatraz' albums (Danse Royale and Visions & Miracles, at least): Kit Higginson, recorder and psaltry; Shira Kammen, vielle and rebec; and Peter Maund, percussion. In the five centuries before the diaspora created by the inquisition, Spain flourished as a multi-cultural crossroads bringing together the cultures of the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. This music, sung beautifully in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) provides a unique glimpse into this culture. I highly recommend it to anyone intersted in music from this time. This release, as well as the earlier volume titled "Jewels of Sephardim: Songs from Medieval Spain", complement the Gallician, Anglo-Norman, French and Latin music to be found on the Ensemble Alcatraz albums giving the listener a overview of the musical styles in Western Europe during that period. If you like Ensemble Alcatraz, and/or have interest in the music of the Near East and how it has affected Western music, you'll find much of interest here, to say nothing of the skilled and passionate music-making that make this disc more than worthwhile in it's own right. Have I mentioned the wonderfully transparent, ambient, and well-balanced recording? Highly recommended. I understand that these CDs are available at Tower Records (mail order 1-800-648-4844) and through a couple of other small distributors (let me know if you need this info). You can also get them directly from Songbird Music. Apparently they are not set up to take credit cards, but if you send a check or money order they say they can ship it to you First Class within a day. Pricing, which includes postage and handling: Wings of Time CD: $15 Wings of Time cassette: $10 Jewels of the Sephardim CD: $15 Jewels of the Sephardim cass: $10 Both recordings include the lyrics and translations in the CD and cassette. Address: Songbird Music 271 Tamarisk Court Walnut Creek, CA 94598-3629 Phone: 510 938-4003 For those who wish to charge it, you may order it through either Tower or: The Musical Offering (Berkeley) 1-800 466-0211 Dave lampson at pulse.com Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:23:40 MST From: "Russell Husted" Subject: ANST - Medieval Music To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG This site was posted on another list. If you keep hitting the arrow at the bottom you will see stuff on a variety of cultures' music. http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M151/Arab_Music1.html mahee Edited by Mark S. Harris music-msg Page 8 of 8