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Ladies,
I am finishing up my planning for the school year (we start on Monday, BTW  ) and I am having a problem finding music resources for Early Music which is defined as music before the Baroque period.
I especially want to find information for resources that have to do with the Vikings, Medieval Europe and musical instruments of the period. This is from 800 A.D. to 1400 A.D.
I figured that we could study those things including folk music and liturgical music of the times but am having a very hard time finding information.
Has anyone done a unit about this before? We are in between Volume 2 and 3 of RC history so I want to do anything that has to do with the Dark Ages through the Medieval to tide us over until we start History in January. (We will be doing Science in Term 1 and History in terms 2 and 3)
Any resources would be great, even just names of musicians or composers would be wonderful.
Thanks Ladies!
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I think in that early era, the main music would have been Georgian music. There was not the attention given to the composer that would later be the case, so many wonderful pieces are anonymous. However, one composer who is wonderful is St. Hildegard of Bingen. A thorough discussion of her music is here and a biography is here.. Anonymous 4 produced a CD of her music.
Another very influential composer of this era is Philippe de Vitry. At this site, you will find more on de Vitry as well as recommended CD's.
Certainly, any study of this time in music should include a study of Gregorian chant and Pope Gregory the Great.
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Yes, chant, to begin with! Music really changed very, very little from the 7th century through about the 15th. From chant you might look at the beginnings of polyphony, with composers likeJosquin des Prez. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was the master of early polyphony -- many, many of his works are still sung today. Ditto Tomas Luis da Victoria, a Spanish composer of the 16th century, many of whose choral compositions were first heard in churches in what was then the very New World. Other luminaries of that period include English composers of the Tudor period (who straddled the Reformation, which is why you have works by them in both Latin and English): William Byrd and Thomas Tallis.
If you look at these early composers experimenting with the superimposition of melody on melody (if you were a chorister in those days, you'd be handed a "part book" with JUST your part -- say, alto -- and learn that melody, not knowing what the whole piece sounded like until the whole choir met), it's easy to see how later, Baroque-period composers like Bach and Mozart grew out of this tradition.
Anonymous 4 are a wonderful group who have done a LOT of medieval music -- whole albums devoted to songs to the Blessed Mother, to Christmas, etc. (They also do some beautiful early American music). The Benedictine monks at Clear Creek in Oklahoma also send out beautiful chant CDs with their fundraising letters -- send them a donation, and you'll be set for life with chant!
Have fun!
Sally
PS: I can give you links to a lot of chant resources, too, if you're interested. Maybe more than you're actually interested in . . .
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15 Centuries of Sacred Music.
This collage is fantastic!
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You Ladies are amazing!
Of course Gregorian Chant! (Where is the icon for a head hitting against a desk?  )
Thank you, thank you!
Time to Favorite this discussion so I don't lose all those links.
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Just a comment. De Prez, Palestrina, Tallis,etc. and the beginnings of polyphonic music did occur after your date of 1400, as Sally pointed out. However, I agree with her that their music is so fantastic to listen to that you might want to consider extending your time frame a bit to include them. They essentially form a musical bridge from the era of Gregorian chant to the Baroque period. And, their music is called medieval polyphony, so technically you could claim them for the medieval period (albeit at the very, very end  )
Have a wonderful composer study!
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Topic: Early Music (before Baroque)
