Music

Early music website in German.

Conjectures about Viking instrumental and vocal music.

Here you can listen to some samples of Polish Early Music and learn a bit about our composers.

Instruments from the Bronze Age and the Romans.

Early music MP3 recordings which may be downloaded and distributed free of charge.

An outline of the history of early music, with concise articles on various related subjects.

An exploration of classical music history from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century; including the main periods, subtopics, forms, and composers important to Classical music.

An introducti on to 14th century music in Norway.

Links to resources on instrumental & vocal music of the Middle Ages.

Medieval musical performance: how shall we revive early music from the Middle Ages. Our knowledge of contemporary vocal and instrumental performance practices are meagerly assembled from rare textual comments, iconology, and musical notation. Listening for style, then reproducing that style, is the musician's goal.

Focuses mostly on music during Shakespeare's lifetime.

A case-study of the creation and performance of folk song within the SCA.

As musicians, we learn about today's major and minor keys that are fundamental to the structure of modern western music. These two keys and the tuning system for the notes they use were settled on during the 17th century, but there was a long history behind them. Knowing more about this history helps us better understand medieval and renaissance music, and some of the curious sounds that come of it.

Stories and songs, wind instruments, percussion instruments, and what they sounded like.

Some of the sports, games, music, verse, dancing, toys, and other pastimes of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Despite the full agricultural year that most people faced, there was always time for folk to partake in games, challenges, tests of skill and general larking about.

A collection of links and resources on western European music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Whether you are a new bard or an experienced bard, please come hither and commence sharing your storytelling, poetical, musical, and juggling tips and trivia.

The study of music in medieval Ireland is anything but straightforward. Direct sources are few and far between and what is known must be derived by using creative detective work. However, the exploration is extremely rewarding because there is so much material that can be tapped into.

Articles in all areas of musical scholarship, including history, criticism, analysis, performance practice, and archival research.

The Schøyen Collection comprises most types of manuscripts from the whole world spanning over 5000 years. It is the largest private manuscript collection formed in the 20th century.

Here is a timeline of historical events with music events worked in. I hope this gives you a good feel of what influenced music developmen t over the thousand years that we consider "perio d."

View 253 digitized Renaissance festival books that describe the magnificent festivals and ceremonies that took place in Europe between 1475 and 1700 -- marriages and funerals of royalty and nobility, coronations, stately entries into cities and other grand events.