Medieval and Renaissance Music for Folk Harp

With Online Audio-Compiled by John LaBarbera this enjoyable collection of Mandolin music features pieces from various parts of northern central and southern Italy. Italian Folk Music For Mandolin includescomplete texts and translations of the songs with accurate accompanying arrangements for two Mandolins or Violin and Guitar. The selections include medieval and Renaissance instrumental folk dances sixteenth-century NeapolitanVillanelle work songs lullabies narrative ballads prisoner songs and popular dances including tarantellas pizzica Sardinian ballo tondo quadrille waltz and saltarello. The price of this book includes access toonline audio of all the featured pieces.

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of Christmas from antiquity.This book features note-for-notetranscriptions of hammered dulcimerarrangements from Ancient Noels byMaggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei forthe beginning to advanced player. Innotation and tablature. Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of Christmas from antiquity.This book features note-for-notetranscriptions of hammered dulcimerarrangements fromAncient Noels byMaggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei forthe beginning to advanced player. Innotation and tablature./ Recueil / Dulcimer

Davey Graham is a perfectionist. Since 1961 when he recorded the quite remarkable - and largely unnoticed - 3/4 AD with Alexis Koerner he has restricted his record output and almost everything he has recorded has been of a high standard. So when he agrees that this is one of the finest records he has made it really has to be one of the finest Guitar records of recent years.Throughout his career he has mixed these high personal standards with an inventive daring approach to music. Because he plays acoustic Guitar he may have been labelled as a 'folkie' but nothing could be further from the truth. He knows a great deal about folk music - and the folk music ofNorth Africa and India as well as Britain and America - but he also has a strong interest in medieval music later classical music jazz and the blues.The sixteen tunes on this album were all chosen because they were instrumentals Davey likes and enjoys playing rather than to demonstrate particular Guitar styles but of course the results work on both levels.This album is both an intriguing musical selection and a tribute to his remarkable technique. He has included hymn tunes a selection of Irish melodies that are a great personal favourite of his. 'They are mostly pipe and fiddle tunes and I've been working on them for some time. I take a great interest in the Irish scene and I'm learning the language'. Alongside these there are the classical and medieval pieces ranging from Vaughan Williams' Down Ampney to the Prelude From The Suite In D Minor by Robert De Visee ('a Frenchman who matched Dowland').Also included is a PDF TAB/music booklet featuring these songs from the recording: Medley: Lord Mayo/Lord Inchiquin; Lashtal's Room; Renaissance Piece; Hardiman The Fiddler; Fairies' Hornpipe; Forty-Ton Parachute. You will need Adobe Acrobat (a free download) to open and print this file from your computer.

Lully, Lullay was written at the request of Philip Reed, music director of the Bury St Edmunds Bach Choir, which gave the first performance on 17 December 2011 at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk. Inspired by the familiar medieval text of the Coventry Carol , it is sung a cappella and invokes the sense of a lullaby through its metre and lilting melody. The fragility and bittersweet tonality of the opening verse is reflected in the continuous interaction between the tonic and dominant keys and resolving dissonances. This develops into broader passages of increased range and dynamics during the second and third verses, where the melody is passed between the upper and lower voices, clearly invoking the poignancy of the text. The last verse returns to the original theme with subtle harmonic changes and a reflective final cadence. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Harriet Wybor was born in Leeds in 1986 and read music as an undergraduate at Durham University, followed by an M.A. in composition with Martyn Harry and António Pinho Vargas. Harriet's main compositional interests are sacred and secular contemporary choral and chamber music, and the relationship between music and time. Her work reflects a wide range of influences from renaissance choral music and medieval texts to 20th-century literature and art. Harriet has had works performed by the Northern Sinfonia (conducted by H K Gruber), Psappha, the Allegri String Quartet, St John's College Choir, Durham, the Bury St Edmunds Bach Choir and the Fishburn Band - broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Listen to the Band . After graduating from Durham University, Harriet continued her studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she read for an LL.M. in innovation, technology and the law. She has subsequently pursued a career in music publishing where she works in copyright and composes in her spare time. / Choeur SATB

Par ZAERR LAURA. Les 20 intermédiaire - avancé arrangements dans ce livre d'inviter le lecteur dans un voyage musical-historique de trouvères français Tielman Susato. Ces arrangements utilisent une variété de techniques, y compris les harmoniques, prés de la table, main gauche étouffé, certains changements de levier rapide et la gamme complète d'une harpe de 36 chaîne. À des fins historiques, des textes originaux avec des traductions accompagnent chacun de la chansons ainsi que des notes historiques sur les genres et courtes biographies sur chacun des compositeurs représentés. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Recueil / Harpe