Bourrée and Ballet from Terpsichore Dances by M. Praetorius for flute & organ

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What appears here is a modern classical music flute, and an "electric" organ! The former is especially lively, and expressive....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwK_r2mp0Ds

New York Polyphony: Early music. Modern sensibility.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw37KdnhHEw

Contemporary early music by Miguel Robaina....A Collection

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4PNrLQjAs&list=PLzCfIv0FvaFnDI6wkfp9q31PChsozE6xJ&index=2

 

Ma fin est mon commencement by Machaut

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiZADZJf3qQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0631Z6FZRH9FJA5zCAcnB0J9DPcF-W4M0R7tZfktI8J7KhDlanampbJlg

Using recorders probably modern ones. Hence, this piece is included here onsite


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aKS6sW3byY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1fsV2RyKRHIAuHKBslywRahfeTimy_vtek_YlZa2IEyKTsV1PmWahLtA4



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx1OWQ4pD2A&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3cXE9AJaEiTtVZPmhJrah_hUOV3Q70Fp7zMsmb7GwkX9HvlxHbb02Bnng

An electronic version of Machaut's work...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEmVxqye4g

The "original" version! Delightfully weird, and "discordant"

Se la Face ay Pale

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Two examples of Dufay's Se la Face ay Pale




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo-Xwbh4nmI&fbclid=IwAR1_l_jlNu34SYkrDLYfV7rBCk1EcIX-oSMTw_i5h0zkW4kHbNu-dz3lA8o


This is an extremely unusual piece indeed involving what  appears to be some musical whistling possibly from one than more source plus a wood instrument(s).

Gile's Farnaby's Dream Band

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The following  may be of interest....                 




Gile's Farnaby's Dream Band




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LQbTn0rL_g






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GilesFarnabys1973.jpg

L'homme armé by Richard Harvey... and Marc André Hamelin's version or Toccata on the same Medieval tune......

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgVEFId0g4  Hamelin

Favola in Musica. Early New Music

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENgPV1S_0DU








https://favolainmusica.com/about-2/about-favola/?lang=en   (internet site of the group concerned here)

Two Examples from the Kronos Quartet

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBCvh6N4TGw


Using what appear to be "clasisical type" viols to play an essentially vocal piece by Perotin.The same is done again using a famous choral work by Guillaume de Machaut




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1o0eD-OQjY&list=PLuipVV_THXt8Tn4axFOktZOd75Tw6_iQG

Baroque Piano Music

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNzQbIX7CYg




Doing Baroque piano pieces has been a common happening especially in connection with the musical education of the young...RS

Orfeo in India......

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e611w6NpeZ8&feature=share&list=PL66995DC336C94148&index=4&fbclid=IwAR0Qa0PxArmnMfscMgXimDt4GmLakHLqw2kLfLOj95vIyswLlQ8ZEbADYPk


An Indian fusion with Monteverdi's famous opera L'Orfeo






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Orfeo








https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi#/media/File:Bernardo_Strozzi_-_Claudio_Monteverdi_(c.1630).jpg






                              

Improvising Early Music

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Improvisation in Early Music can be seen as a spontaneous form of Contemporary Early Music in the sense that new music based on the styles of the past are created by whatever musical means....


The following book may be worthy of consideration, and also a link via google of a search listing on the subject


https://muse.jhu.edu/article/614151/pdf






https://www.google.com/search?q=improvisation+in+early+music&rlz=1C1GGRV_enGB841GB841&oq=improvisation+in+early+music+&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i59.11126j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Jazzed Up Bach....Jazzed Up Vivaldi....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zO_v3HP7Wc










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFpHEDHgtME&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR16kqF3LKbvMTjPf5XTkn6GTBfp91Gr3VXlnVX m50SbRhGgF_-EuHA8rfQ






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Loussier

French Medieval and Renaissance Music - Classical Guitar Collection

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A classical guitar (like another "article" on this blog) is used rather than a traditional lute. Also, the title of the first link  is  incorrect in that medieval  music is performed as well as renaissance music. However, this should not spoil things! RS






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy3e4TMf0Ok&fbclid=IwAR1rKto30ioorMWHr6zqRzntkXXf3zSq89R3ImqSoOWbuLbNmrjMtP_-tw0




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qXiTOGbWBY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3QMf_HAHIN7E2C4ehh5Wa0k9t8GZGwkzw-Q_lcMNOgPnUWxx9Oj7oKIwk

Totentanz ( English: Dance of Death ) - F.Liszt...and other versions..

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3JEd8VyWI&fbclid=IwAR3WqMSa-eWtn5IqklqNipJU9Lh_0qBklqwMcQw-xsZHaXuJzTbt4rRc4Qk






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_aBZ0Nmpbk


A more modern "version"...







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb3Y1fDTMys
A rock "version!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRBjI1elyCc
The "original" Totentanz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObMg52DT2Gc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totentanz_(Liszt)

Lillibullero

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Two different arrangements of Lillibellero



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLHYxoEgrKQ

Lilibullero by Bellowhead!





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGn1W6WP0Ys


This version was used by the BBC



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillibullero

Lillibullero became a popular during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 but the origins of it probably go further back in time......

Come Holy Ghost - J. Harvey

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZlOhJvweuM

The above is based on the plainchant of Veni Creator Spiritus



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Harvey_(composer)

Michael Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a theme by Corelli

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dts2_K_vG7A



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_Concertante_on_a_Theme_of_Corelli

Sir Michael Tippett - Divertimento on Sellinger's Round - Movements I & II

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHWR2xPH_8&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1cVwoP9IDZ3ijkD1pPALqNm2lQHQrrNa3Q4hVFOaSONgULhiDHYiTuNHw


The above has variations of Salenger's Round and in the second movement Pachelbel's Canon can be heard.....The enlarged pic included on this page is the Field of the Cloth of Gold which I added for interest sake more than anything else. It has only an indirect relevance to the musical piece concerned. See link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_the_Cloth_of_Gold

A Directory of Early Music Groups...

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Certain groups that perform Early Music also ofcourse may produce examples of Contemporary Early Music. For those interested the link below may be of value. Other directories may also exist, and may appear on this blog, or may be on the internet using a simple world search.




http://www.ncem.co.uk/?idno=1526&htype=&etype=&action=s&stype=editrecord=true&by=f&media=0&k=&show=true&record=40

Nick Wilson, The art of re-enchantment: making early music in the modern era

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The above book mentioned in the title of the post can help throw some insight into the background behind Contemporary Early Music, and should be considered essential reading for those interested into practical musical work in this area.


I have included from the google search engine listing reviews of the book concerned.








https://www.google.co.uk/search?safe=active&biw=1920&bih=985&ei=pnR6XPq3D4ub1fAPpZG-yAM&q=Nick+Wilson%2C+The+art+of+re-enchantment%3A+making+early+music+in+the+modern+era+book+reviews&oq=Nick+Wilson%2C+The+art+of+re-enchantment%3A+making+early+music+in+the+modern+era+book+reviews&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0..7957...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.uzBKgbKRkYw

Early Musical Instruments

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The following is a Wikipedian listing of early musical instruments which may be of use and interest


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Early_musical_instruments  Incidently, an "oddity" which does not appear so far in the link presented is the Viola organista which is a  reconstruction of a planned instrument by Leonardo Da Vinci... now turned into reality. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_organista

The Strange Diverse Beauty and Haunting Power of Medieval Music....both Secular and Sacred...

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The following is a selection of some "good" interpretations of Medieval Music which might inspire some to convert them into something akin to Contemporary Early Music....






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMAmzmZ9aPM




La Fete de l'Ane from the Clemencic Consort








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTTTa9nsfzs&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=163&t=0s


Josquin des Pres...Scaramella








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNjEQ7rHkHU&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=69&t=0s










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snz6wOF_WNY&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=183&t=0s
Leoninus








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MllswrffVkE&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=189










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8PhJGd7nVc&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=200




Possibly the most beautiful interpretation of a late Medieval song by Gilles Binchois






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHJQxGA1gj0










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmr27ovMMQ&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=291&t=0s


Music from the time of Joanne D'Arc








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TWOV0Jxxv4&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=242


A brilliant piece of late Medieval Music






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkOZQIGDNwQ&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w&index=326&t=0s










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfS1NRpT2H8&index=342&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w


The Cantigas de Santa Maria






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwAjuEIbxo&index=351&t=0s&list=LLwQrKMQnSLGTj5V4f8Cwb7w




Calanda Maya and the "jumping dance" of the Saltarello






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uyR-m_Ze4Q


A powerful rendition of the "original" Carmina Burana from the Clemencic Consort








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHJQxGA1gj0






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQi9tSx0mwk


Troubadour music from the Clemencic Consort






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zs8oMpShM


Se La Face Ay Pale...by Dufay




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6nXCo2RaVU&index=1&list=RDM6nXCo2RaVU




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw8WS8jPfFM&list=PLZ5gRNv140GDwuYxT6gSDsOLvLuu1t991&index=4






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8c2Fp47xMA


The Salterello








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjpvGikKrzs


Le Roman de Fauvel from the Clemencic de Fauvel








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjyZJnJ4VHE&list=PLHWHaiKNterwBJrZ1461K86FUWule5tub


Music of the Crusades






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw83gXcJnr4




Music of the Gothic Era






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CXXM4nlRj0






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtkfBYXvWGw


Moulin de Paris






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hXxzRbRWz4


Estampie Royale...






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk8qJuba1y4


La Spagna...a powerful interpretation of this "masterpiece" of late Medieval Music






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SRYtvoYtc








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lw8nH6dQIo




Stella Splendans

Luciano Berio: Cries of London, per 8 voci (1975) Parti 1-5

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A comment to the following link from the link so to speak!   "Clever and distilled mix of an antique popular folk style with contemporary (20th century) modernism, evocative of untutored street singers all singing their own cries at once but with razor like precision...."




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRhQ2NKkHAc




The "original" cries of London...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu9PU8OXHGc

Folk Connections.............

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The following link is from the Early Music Show on Radio 3 and may have be of some interest, and relevance RS






https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yjk08






For Radio 3's Folk Connections weekend, Lucie Skeaping explores the influence of folk music on the performance of early music, and plays examples by Jordi Savall, The Harp Consort, City Waites, Concerto Caledonia and others.

Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach – The Cello Suites

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMh5SDSiHPo&list=OLAK5uy_nCWHB2NzrP3kxs86mN-ZfgAeT0T_V5qew




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recomposed_by_Peter_Gregson:_Bach_%E2%80%93_The_Cello_Suites

Recomposed by Max Richter....Vivaldi's Four Seasons

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1zK2szEM8






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recomposed_by_Max_Richter:_Vivaldi_%E2%80%93_The_Four_Seasons

Delibes Le Roi s’amuse ~ Airs de danse en style ancien

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYl36pxWbME&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3xlvfNaFLQHL3NIEhFdhv6ngoN_Y_5Ce4xQrFjgi2hCBXsJx-IXoe0X0Y

Derek & Brandon Fiechter

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEeAN471boQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2pA6ON06c98xaCqW-vvY2KSsbqwPN970kCSfFI8NFuZL95ZomMn_eiZLI



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez5VjTvT0A&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2xRLl1-NRALjpSZ101aaNvRBSY96uqfeDyHtKtPX8YEjHSE6b1mfxmKDE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQMiLezKPNY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3zFSCi0LtaHnNzw-j-nlH1SNIZ7lDgBkajiGEN76-wWyFmrAEVKcCdsgo

The Nonsense Madrigals by Ligeti

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcaj0pezKtY


Nonsense Madrigals by Ligeti




Some other Madrigal presentations






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPZTT0ZYhS4






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORucwZEBgT8








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP3_iVUI4oE

Loreena McKennitt - A Midwinter Night's Dream

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of0415Gk5UY

The Chanson Balladee by Guillaume de Machaut

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The following are versions of a rather cheery piece of arcane Medieval Music.....




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxHvYXPyyjI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3nD-8vMN4zkzyXHVie4NzXY8lB4sVBns8XXBKnLhVUSnposSP4doBEmLs






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBftbETHM3g&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2MkkbPqset9nAXTPE6KKZXeOunduyz0t0VkeGAKaNO9lppiAyZvwzFd_A






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8VeYxhRBnY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1zEEJ2Gdk8TiCbJBio7R9-LNVOpwJCQkr1nR4UEgwspFXvhvUsP3P_iG0






The "original" Chanson Balladee




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eueV7Jo3QdI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3cs7oo7315A2b9XBxpbejt-gXtjNNGeCBw8GCCzgv6KTuvROHsLzi2u0I

Pastime with Good Company.....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M3J7y0cKIY


Using classical music instruments...a splendid example of Contemporary Early Music...




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6wHjdOuFGk


Blackmore's Night....and Rainbow Blues...




https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pastime+with+good+company


Youtube listing of mainly conventional versions of Pastime with Good Company






https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastime_with_Good_Company

Noel Akchote and his Guitar for Early Music

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The following is an acoustic version by Noel Akchote of the Messe de Nostre Dame No 12 Ite Missa Est. It appears that a "guitar" is used to translate a piece of Medieval choral work by Guillaume de Machaut into something instrumental....RS




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvKELMSigvQ&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0tLP5G6Y_ekQAgNRY5lG4DWtfopVDbhHOfkpVshmhUYHPFN6CSMjMkoIU








Apart from the above example he has done more using the guitar for a large number of Early Music pieces....


https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Noel+Akchote+early+music

Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen

Recomposing the Past is a book concerned with the complex but important ways in which we engage with the past in modern times. Contributors examine how media on stage and screen uses music, and in particular early music, to evoke and recompose a distant past. Culture, popular and otherwise, is awash with a stylise - sometimes contradictory - musical history. And yet for all its complexities, these representations of the past through music are integral to how our contemporary and collective imaginations understand history. More importantly, they offer a valuable insight into how we understand our musical present. Such representative strategies, the book argues, cross generic boundaries, and as such it brings together a range of multimedia discussion on the subjects of film (Lord of the Rings, Dangerous Liasions), television (Game of Thrones, The Borgias), videogame (Dragon Warrior, Gauntlet), and opera (Written on Skin, Taverner, English ‘dramatick opera’). This collection constitutes a significant, and interdisciplinary, contribution to a growing literature which is unpacking our ongoing creative dialogue with the past. Divided into three complementary sections, grouped not by genre or media but by theme, it considers: ‘Authenticity, Appropriateness, and Recomposing the Past’, ‘Music, Space, and Place: Geography as History’, and ‘Presentness and the Past: Dialogues between Old and New’. Like the musical collage that is our shared multimedia historical soundscape, it is hoped that this collection is, in its eclecticism, more than the sum of its parts.

Reference Routledge website


This appears to be an important work and a large number of reviews can be found on the google search engine.......


https://www.google.com/search?q=Recomposing+the+Past%3A+Representations+of+Early+Music+on+Stage+and+Screen+reviews&rlz=1C1GGRV_enGB839GB839&oq=Recomposing+the+Past%3A+Representations+of+Early+Music+on+Stage+and+Screen+reviews&aqs=chrome..69i57.29517j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

The Renaissance Suite

On extremely rare occasions Early Music can be used for a TV programme, film, or documentary, or on a radio dealing with a subject, or subjects which are "modern" to a large extent. What follows is a classic example..a film documentary in effect called La Course en Tete about a famous French cyclist.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnGS0pR1wOk



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xKLUxwcHyk&t=135s


The second link is a better, and clearer recording than the one presented as the first link



 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hnLjiTzejo&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1OQdJhmdVxv5lGXPtZ4jp2n2HxAwtTLTK6Bp2uiShTmfPt5F3iwsGvbl8

The above link is the entire film in which one can see how, and where each piece of music relates



Strictly speaking, the above is not "Contemporary Early Music" per se..... but at least it is an example of how old music can be presented in a modern type setting...