Medieval Music

Medieval (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and adjacent) music for the End of Days ~ sadly yet another side blog

[lesser-known-composers]

Arnolt Schlick (c.1455-c.1525) - Nun hab ich all mein Tag ·

Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble - Conductor: Arno Paduch

[lesser-known-composers]

Arnolt Schlick (c.1455-c.1525) - Nun hab ich all mein Tag ·

Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble - Conductor: Arno Paduch

[cuties-in-codices]

14th c. swiss choir book illuminations

pages from the gradual of st. katharinenthal, a large-format liturgical choir book produced in the dominican convent st. katharinental and illuminated in the lake constance region, c. 1312

source: Zürich, SNM, LM 26117, fol. 161v, 178v, and 231v

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Eduardo Ettore Forti (Italian, 1850–1940) Pompeian scene, late 19th century

[lesser-known-composers]

Hans Neusidler (c,1508-1563) - Ein newgeordent künstlich Lautenbuch · ·

Bart Roose, lute

[mary-tudor]

"Three Females Musicians".

Painted c.1530-1540.

Probably by François Clouet. (François I court?)

Public domain.

[lesser-known-composers]

Ennemond Gaultier (c.1575-1651) - Tombeau de Mezangeau ·

Toyohiko Satoh, lute

[lesser-known-composers]

Ennemond Gaultier (c.1575-1651) - Suite en ré mineur

Prelude Tombeau de Mezangeau 03:36 L' Adieu 07:47 Canaries 10:38 Les dernieres Paroles ou Testament de Mezangeau 12:45 Courante 16:10 La Poste 17:45

Hopkinson Smith, lute

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1495-1503 Israhel van Meckenem - The Lute Player and the Harpist

(National Gallery of Art, Washington)

[lesser-known-composers]

Matthaeus Pipelare (c.1450–c.1515): - Fors Seulement ·

Ansambl Syntagma Musicum

[bandura]

A medley of kobzar dances, arr. Dmytro Hubyak

[susiestamps]

SU 1989 10 kopek Traditional Musical Instruments of USSR - Ukrainian Bandura, Trembita, Drymba, Svyril, and Dulcimer

[theophan-o]

Old Ukrainian bandura from the 1st half of the 19th century, which belonged to the real kobzar, Yevhen O. Adamtsevych (Євген О. Адамцевич, 1903/1904-1972)

Currently stored in the collection of the Kharkiv Historical Museum (Харківський історичний музей), ДР-68

There is a Cossack on horseback depicted on this beautiful musical instrument:

[cuties-in-codices]

14th c. guidonian hand and musical notations

"The Guidonian Hand was a Medieval mnemonic device to help singers - mostly monks and nuns - in their learning and memorization of hymns and masses. Each knuckle-joint and finger-point on a hand represented a different note in the Medieval and Renaissance tone system [...]. By pointing at any of these joints and points, you could quickly and easily impart music without needing to use costly and labor intensive sheet music." [source]

the pages above stem from a manuscript containing a treatise on music theory by theoger von metz as well as scores of liturgical chants. produced in salem (?), southern germany, c. 1300-1350

source: Karlsruhe, BLB, Cod. St. Peter perg. 29 a, fol. 1r, 6v, and 27r

[memories-of-ancients]

Pearl inlaid mulberry wood biwa lute, China or Japan, 8th century AD

from The Shoshin Repository

[gasparodasalo]

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Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) - Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Harpsichord in G-Major, II. Fuga. Performed by Anton Steck, violin, and Christian Rieger, pedal harpsichord, on period instruments.

[lesser-known-composers]

Anthoni van Noordt (c.1619-1675) - Psalm 24

Jan Willem JANSEN - Orgue Ahrend du Musée des Augustins, Toulouse