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15 Medieval Melodies for the Recorder
1. Sumer is icumen in (Early 14th Century English) From a manuscript found at
reading Abbey, copied between 1261 and 1264. This song is intended to be
performed as a round (or rota), with the other parts entering at 2-bar
intervals.
2. Lhomme armé (Late 14th Century French) A secular song of the Burgundian
School. The melody was much used by composers of the time in masses and
other works.
3. Ductia (13th Century French) A fast instrumental piece, probably for dancing.
4. Estampie (13th Century French) A fast instrumental piece, probably for
dancing.
5. Be man perdut (Bernart de Ventadorn, Late 12th Century French) Bernart de
Ventadorn (c. 11301140 c. 11901200) was an Occitan poetcomposer troubadour of the classical age of troubadour poetry. Generally
regarded as the most important troubadour in both poetry and music, his 18
extant melodies of 45 known poems in total is the most to survive from any
12th-century troubadour. The title means They have lost me.
6. Bryde one Brere (Early 13th Century English) A secular love sang. The title
translates as Bird on a Briar.
7. La septime estampie real [The seventh royal estampie] (14th Century
French) A fast instrumental piece, probably for dancing. From the Manuscrit
du Roi (c.1300)
8. Amor potest conqueri (Late 13th Century French) From a motet in the
Montpellier Codex.
9. Villancico (13th Century Spanish) A Spanish medieval dance form.
10. Agincourt Carol (Early 15th Century English) A song celebrating the English
victory over the French at the battle of Agincourt in 1415.
11. Trotto (14th Century Italian) Trotto comes from the verb to trot and is a
fast dance in 6/8, often paired with a skipping dance, the Saltarello.
12. Lamento di Tristano (14th Century Italian) An instrumental dance,
specifically an estampie, often paired with a faster, more energetic dance
called "La Rotta". It's characterized by a slow, melancholic melody in its first
section ("Lamento") and a livelier, more upbeat section ("Rotta"). The piece is
notable for being one of the earliest examples of purely instrumental music
in Western European tradition.
13. La quarte estampie real (14th Century French) The fourth of the eight
estampies in the Manuscrit du Roi (c.1300)
14. Saltarello (14th Century Italian) [see: No. 11]
15. La rotta (14th Century Italian) [see: No. 12]
Duration: 20:45
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