Music of the Middle Ages

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Leader: Luuttuaja
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Created on: 3 Mar 2008
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This group is for people who like European medieval music. Please join if you are into things like Gregorian chant, virelai, trouvères, minnesingers, ars subtilior and Trecento.

Medieval music means music from the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends in approximately the middle of the fifteenth century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music

Please note that this group is not about "medieval rock", neofolk, darkwave, pagan black metal, ethnoambient or new age music. Although these styles of modern popular music are sometimes called "medieval", they usually bear little or no connection to actual music of the Middle Ages. There are numerous groups on last.fm devoted to "mittelalter rock" or "neofolk" type of music. However, this one is for people who are interested in authentic medieval era music.

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  • Forteski

    I created a group for Early Music Performers: http://www.last.fm/group/Early+Music+Performers

    September 2011
  • pantopon_rose

    hello,,,E am doing research on Flagellation musick...any classic Geisslerlieder recordings..if any..more classic and "old" thee better..thank you!! sweet dreams, pantopon Rose

    February 2011
  • Luuttuaja

    I haven't seen the move yet. Sounds interesting though.

    December 2010
  • tbhamdg

    Has anyone seen the movie that was just released call 'Vision'? It's about the life of St. Hildegard von Bingen and has several of her compositions featured including the Ordo Virtutum. There's a slight bit of 20th projection in that they try to make her into a proto-feminist, but it's not so strong as to be a major distraction. Overall, it's quite good. Wonder what other members thought of it.

    December 2010
  • Luuttuaja

    Then better look elsewhere. This group is about medieval music :D

    February 2010
  • spleep

    awesome, ive been looking for a group thats into pagan black metal!

    February 2010
  • Luuttuaja

    I'm afraid nobody knows the composer of "Anglia" since it appears to be a folk song.

    February 2010
  • Melindael

    please if anybody knowns the composer of "Deo Gratias Anglia", could said to me

    February 2010
  • Melindael

    my favs are Guillaume de Machaut and Philippe de Vitry, the music through the Orlando Consort and Sequentia. I got a lot of music of the period (specially Gregorian Chants) with unknown info too :(.... but really worst with the ancient Greek and Roman musique... obviously

    February 2010
  • robertusmagnus

    Hi everybody! I'm glad to join you!

    January 2010
  • All-a-Mort

    I would say the problem with the question of whether to tag composer or performer is that too little actual mediaeval music exists in such a state that it can be played by a performer with minimal interpretation. If the music is fragmental at best, then the performer is really as much the author of the piece as the composer whose work has been adapted for performance. For a lot of early mediaeval music, frankly we know very little about how it should really sound when played and as such any version we hear has to be considered as interpretative and not authentic (if such a concept can really exist in mediaeval music).

    October 2009
  • Luuttuaja

    Yeah, this is why I think the rule "always tag the composer when scrobbling Western art music" sucks. I prefer to tag the performing artist instead. Even that has some problems when there are many ensembles, choirs, soloists etc. collaborating in the very same track, though.

    October 2009
  • ok-

    Lots of medieval composers are unknown and no information about their songs, they are just tagged "anonymous".

    October 2009
  • Luuttuaja

    I won't add that to group connections, because Music of the Middle Ages is mistagged. You should either tag the performer or the composer.

    October 2009
  • ok-

    Music of the Middle Ages can you make connection, please?

    September 2009
  • cell_44

    anyone ever heard of Choeur des moines de l'abbaye saint-pierre de solesmes? they`re great, I can share them here if there`s interest..

    July 2009
  • josusexyman

    well... if anybody can listen to the art of courtly love, is very good... Really Medieval

    November 2008
  • josusexyman

    yes we do! He's awesome. Specially the follies, dont you think??

    November 2008
  • Luuttuaja

    Hi! I think quite many of us like Jordi Savall...

    November 2008
  • josusexyman

    hey everybody!!! does anybody likes Jordi Savall???? he's very good at playing medieval follies... take care everyone!

    November 2008
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