Choral/Vocal

'' Bryd one Brere,&#39 ; ;' now considered to be the oldest extant English love song, is an honest confession of undying love (from the poet to a bird in a tree), devotion, and praise of a lady. It eloquently conveys the very heart of amor courtoise. Its soaring melody is one of the most beautiful melodies ever written, yet it conveys some element of bitterswee tness.

Lots of music, not all SCA period but some very good arrangements to be found.

This website is a portal to worldwide collections of medieval polyphonic music manuscripts (the resource does not include plainchant). The music and the manuscripts date from approx 800 to 1500, and the original documents are kept in libraries and archives around the globe. This website includes detailed information for all the known sources of European polyphonic music (which is almost entirely vocal) and high-quality colour images for those which we have been given permission to deliver online by their owners. You will find a rich and varied collection of images here, and a vast database describing each medieval music manuscript in detail.

An approach to analyzing songs and performances to determine an acceptable level of authenticity.

The Red Book of Montserrat is a collection of late medieval songs collected at the end of the 14th century for the pilgrims to sing at the church of the Blessed Mary of Montserrat. Also available in modern musical notation or as MIDI samples .

The Northshield Choir unites singers from all over the Principality and visitors from elsewhere, to sing at events. This page has midis and downloadable sheet music for some of our repertoire, current performance and practice info, contact information, and more. Our motto: "If you rehearse with the Northshield Choir, you're in the Northshield Choir."

As with any art, and certainly any performing art, there is no "right" way to vocal performance. This is not so much a "how-to" course as an overview of suggestions.

Being a guide to the organization of singing groups, for learning and having fun with vocal music. The first part of this article deals with forms and types of songs. The second part gives suggestions on organizing a group of singers.

Tonal quality is important when thinking about singing early music; the tone should not be brassy, nor should it be airy or too lush. Article also provides advice from 16th century writers.

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.