Examples of Early Music involving Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music performed in unusual ways, including new compositions based on styles from the past. The site will likely inspire amateur, and professional musicians, and composers to help make Early Music relevant in today's world. The music links published here may not always lead to audio/visual material, and a word search may be required. Virtually all the links come from youtube and adverts may appear and an ad blocker may be used.
Saturday, 27 July 2019
Bourrée and Ballet from Terpsichore Dances by M. Praetorius for flute & organ
Blogger Ref A Treasury of Early Music http://www.youtube.com/Searle8
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
Saturday, 6 July 2019
Ma fin est mon commencement by Machaut
http://www.youtube.com/Searle8 A Treasury of Early Music
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"
Friday, 5 July 2019
Se la Face ay Pale
http://www.youtube.com/Searle8 A Teasury of Early Music
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).
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Gile's Farnaby's Dream Band
Blogger Ref http://www.youtube.com/Searle8
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
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
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