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Part 3/3: Making the Martini gittern", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/iconography-martini-gittern/", "published_at": "2024-05-01T11:25:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de551832e9", "title": "How reliable is medieval music iconography? Part 2/3: 10 principles for interpreting iconography", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/iconography-10-principles/", "published_at": "2024-04-24T08:15:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de5583c4cb", "title": "How reliable is medieval music iconography? Part 1/3: Understanding medieval art", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/iconography-medieval-art/", "published_at": "2024-04-17T10:20:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de55a555b3", "title": "Alliterative animals making medieval music in Saint Mary’s Church, Cogges (14th century)", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/alliterative-animals/", "published_at": "2023-11-18T10:50:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de564b00d1", "title": "The evidence for straps used with medieval, renaissance and baroque musical instruments", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/straps/", "published_at": "2023-10-11T11:00:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de56dec119", "title": "The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 8/8: The strange and continuing history of the minstrels’ neglect.", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/medieval-minstrels-of-beverley-minster-8/", "published_at": "2023-08-23T11:00:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de57590254", "title": "The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians.", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/medieval-minstrels-of-beverley-minster-7/", "published_at": "2023-08-15T12:20:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de57fc59b9", "title": "The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 6/8: Medieval beasts and allegories.", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/medieval-minstrels-of-beverley-minster-6/", "published_at": "2023-08-09T09:40:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de5831f38d", "title": "The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. 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Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital.", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/medieval-minstrels-of-beverley-minster-2/", "published_at": "2023-07-12T11:00:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de5a8ab878", "title": "The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 1/8: Foundation, destruction, and restoration.", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/medieval-minstrels-of-beverley-minster-1/", "published_at": "2023-07-05T11:00:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de5b2c51b7", "title": "Rediscovering the vitality of medieval chant: an interview with Bruno de Labriolle", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/medieval-chant/", "published_at": "2023-06-21T11:00:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08770-fe72-70d3-80f1-d3de5c02f84d", "title": "The Elbląg ‘gittern’: a case of mistaken identity. 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pseudonym: ‘Belle qui tiens ma vie’ and Arbeau’s ‘Orchésographie’ (1589)", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/orchesographie/", "published_at": "2017-03-09T15:19:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b6c5933eb", "title": "One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/one-song-to-the-tune-of-another/", "published_at": "2016-11-22T15:09:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b6d0098fc", "title": "L’homme armé / The armed man: the remarkable life of a 15th century song and its contemporary resonance", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/l-homme-arme/", "published_at": "2016-09-27T16:58:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b6d460b1d", "title": "A brief history of farting in early music and literature", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/a-brief-history-of-farting/", "published_at": "2016-07-27T16:17:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b6e37b6bf", "title": "The crumhorn: a short history", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/crumhorn-short-history/", "published_at": "2016-06-01T18:40:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b6e3f96be", "title": "NEW DISCOVERY! Rob. mason, builder, his galiard", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/bob-the-builder-his-galliard/", "published_at": "2016-03-31T08:24:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b6f0b79a0", "title": "Playing Shakespeare: the music of the Bard", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/playing-shakespeare/", "published_at": "2016-03-13T15:15:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b6fc5f857", "title": "The trees they do grow high: a ballad of medieval arranged marriage?", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/the-trees-they-do-grow-high/", "published_at": "2016-02-13T13:31:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b70351172", "title": "The Lyke-Wake Dirge: the revival of an Elizabethan song of the afterlife", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/lyke-wake-dirge/", "published_at": "2016-01-03T21:09:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b70f78128", "title": "On the medieval fiddle: a short introduction to the vielle", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/vielle-introduction/", "published_at": "2015-11-22T15:25:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b71e08ca2", "title": "The mysteries of the medieval fiddle: lifting the veil on the vielle", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/lifting-the-veil-on-the-vielle/", "published_at": "2015-11-22T14:12:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b72cb5746", "title": "The rebec: a short history from court to street", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/rebec/", "published_at": "2015-10-06T11:01:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b73a54e37", "title": "The beautiful Boissart mandore, part 3 of 3: Creating a new mandore inspired by the ‘Boissart’ design", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/mandore3of3/", "published_at": "2015-09-23T09:54:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b740975d6", "title": "The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/psaltery/", "published_at": "2015-09-04T13:12:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c519-e5d8-7240-945b-dc7b74dfa0c8", "title": "Bird on a briar: interpreting medieval notation, with a HIP harp arrangement", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/birdonabriar/", "published_at": "2015-07-27T13:54:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059f9cd92bca", "title": "The bray harp: getting a buzz from early music", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/brayharp/", "published_at": "2015-07-24T09:22:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059f9d9f012b", "title": "The oud: a short guide to a long history", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/oud/", "published_at": "2015-07-17T21:37:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059f9dfeebfa", "title": "Baroque music: a brief tour of the extravagant last period of early music", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/baroquemusic/", "published_at": "2015-07-16T15:15:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059f9e46deea", "title": "Music of the renaissance: a whistle-stop tour", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/renaissance/", "published_at": "2015-07-15T14:06:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059f9e5e6752", "title": "The gemshorn: a (necessarily) short history", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/gemshorn/", "published_at": "2015-07-14T20:12:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059f9e6b0017", "title": "The gittern: a short history", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/gitternshorthistory/", "published_at": "2015-07-14T09:59:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059f9f6312b6", "title": "The lute: a brief history from the 13th to the 18th century", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/lutethumbnailhistory/", "published_at": "2015-07-13T09:50:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059fa01ce746", "title": "Medieval music: a quick guide to the middle ages", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/medievalmusic/", "published_at": "2015-07-09T21:15:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059fa0d3c6c2", "title": "Songs that grow like trees: an appreciation of Sydney Carter (1915–2004)", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/sydneycarter/", "published_at": "2015-07-08T12:18:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c524-a9bd-713c-bd2b-059fa0f0282f", "title": "Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 3 of 3: Music", "url": "https://earlymusicmuse.com/greensleeves3of3music/", "published_at": "2015-07-08T08:59:42+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

We be Souldiers three (1609): singing the plight of the soldieroriginal ↗
20 May 2026
Three Ravens and Twa Corbies: the transformations of a traditional song from the 17th to the 20th centuryoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2026
There were three Ravens: sublime love and ridiculous riddlesoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2026
“Wyngestyr that joly syte”: a late medieval song in praise of Winchesteroriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026
Edi beo þu heuene quene: a love song by any nameoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026

2025

York Minster: 900 years of music iconography. Part 2 of 2: The instruments of the magnificent pulpitum or Kings Screen, 1473–1500.original ↗
17 Sept 2025
York Minster: 900 years of music iconography. Part 1 of 2: Carvings of musical instruments, c. 1030–1915.original ↗
10 Sept 2025
Mirie it is while sumer ilast: decoding the earliest surviving secular song in English (third edition)original ↗
18 Jun 2025
Early music in fascist fires ~ or ~ The extraordinary survival of a Polish early music gem: Breve regnum erigituroriginal ↗
19 Feb 2025

2024

The English estampie: interpreting a medieval dance(?) tune (revised, with new analysis & new video)original ↗
4 Dec 2024
How to play bandora music on the lute ~ or ~ The relationship between the tunings of the lute, bandora, orpharion and penorcon: some practical observations for lute playersoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2024
Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique.original ↗
2 Oct 2024
Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture.original ↗
2 Oct 2024
The complete French estampies of c. 1300: music, analysis, performanceoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2024
How reliable is medieval music iconography? Part 3/3: Making the Martini gitternoriginal ↗
1 May 2024
How reliable is medieval music iconography? Part 2/3: 10 principles for interpreting iconographyoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2024
How reliable is medieval music iconography? Part 1/3: Understanding medieval artoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2024

2023

Alliterative animals making medieval music in Saint Mary’s Church, Cogges (14th century)original ↗
18 Nov 2023
The evidence for straps used with medieval, renaissance and baroque musical instrumentsoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 8/8: The strange and continuing history of the minstrels’ neglect.original ↗
23 Aug 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians.original ↗
15 Aug 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 6/8: Medieval beasts and allegories.original ↗
9 Aug 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 5/8: The “Order of the Ancient Company or Fraternity of Minstralls in Beverley”.original ↗
2 Aug 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept.original ↗
26 Jul 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls.original ↗
19 Jul 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital.original ↗
12 Jul 2023
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 1/8: Foundation, destruction, and restoration.original ↗
5 Jul 2023
Rediscovering the vitality of medieval chant: an interview with Bruno de Labriolleoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2023
The Elbląg ‘gittern’: a case of mistaken identity. Part 2/2: Identifying the koboz.original ↗
31 May 2023
The Elbląg ‘gittern’: a case of mistaken identity. Part 1/2: Why the koboz was misidentified.original ↗
24 May 2023
The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the luteoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2023

2022

Polyphonic treasure in Lambeth Palace: three unique pieces from MS 457, c. 1200original ↗
23 Nov 2022
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoireoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2022
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 1/2: What is a citole?original ↗
2 Nov 2022
The medieval harp (3/3): performance practiceoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2022
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolismoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2022
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and developmentoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2022
La prime Estampie Royal: completing the fragment of a medieval melodyoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2022

2021

Music for a plague: an interview with Falsobordoneoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2021
“the verray develes officeres”: minstrels and the medieval churchoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2021
Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 3/3: Music and musicians in the complete works of Boschoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2021
Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 2/3: The Garden of Earthly Delightsoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2021
Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 1/3: The modern myth of Bosch’s butt musicoriginal ↗
25 May 2021
Performable music in medieval and renaissance artoriginal ↗
19 May 2021
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16th centuryoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2021
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writeroriginal ↗
3 Mar 2021
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 2/4: Tarleton the player and playwrightoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2021
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jestersoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2021

2020

The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern dayoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2020
Sumer is icumen in / Perspice Christicola: silencing the cuckoooriginal ↗
7 Jun 2020

2019

Coventry Carol: the power of a songoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2019
The first dancing master’s manual: Domenico da Piacenza and the art of danceoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2019
Foweles in þe frith (birds in the wood): mystery and beauty in a 13th century songoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2019
Bird on a briar (bryd one brere): constructing the missing voiceoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2019
In defence of the unhistorical dramaoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2019

2018

The scandalous la volta: “such a lewd and unchaste dance”original ↗
3 Dec 2018
Drive the cold Winter away: the meaning of a 17th century seasonal songoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2018
Performing medieval music. Part 3/3: The medieval styleoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2018
Performing medieval music. Part 2/3: Turning monophony into polyphonyoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2018
Performing medieval music. Part 1/3: Instrumentationoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2018
Surprising songs of sentient statues: the Virgin, Venus, and Jason and the Argonauts (Cantigas de Santa Maria article 6/6)original ↗
12 Jul 2018
The medieval portative organ: an interview with Cristina Alís Raurichoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2018
“Infidels”, “traitors” and “that ugly bearded crew”: fear and loathing in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 5/6)original ↗
22 May 2018
The animated chop of meat and other miraculous marvels: pilgrimage songs in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 4/6)original ↗
28 Feb 2018
Edi beo þu heuene quene: a love song by any nameoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2018
The Virgin’s vengeance and Regina’s rewards: the surprising character of Mary in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 3/6)original ↗
10 Jan 2018

2017

Nails, needles, chains and angels: the pain and joy of ‘In dulci jubilo’original ↗
28 Nov 2017
“I wish from this day forth to be her troubadour”: the composition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 2/6)original ↗
16 Nov 2017
Wired for sound: the bandora and orpharionoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2017
“Why do you not praise her?”: the Virgin Mary and the troubadours (Cantigas de Santa Maria article 1/6)original ↗
19 Oct 2017
Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional musicoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2017
Westron wynde: a beautiful fragment of longingoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2017
Calen o Custure me: a Tudor love song with garbled Gaelic?original ↗
14 Apr 2017
The song Shakespeare stole from: a discovery from the 16th centuryoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2017
Angelus ad virginem: why early music and traditional music share the same gene pooloriginal ↗
20 Mar 2017
The pavan, the priest and the pseudonym: ‘Belle qui tiens ma vie’ and Arbeau’s ‘Orchésographie’ (1589)original ↗
9 Mar 2017

2016

One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humphoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2016
L’homme armé / The armed man: the remarkable life of a 15th century song and its contemporary resonanceoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2016
A brief history of farting in early music and literatureoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2016
The crumhorn: a short historyoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2016
NEW DISCOVERY! Rob. mason, builder, his galiardoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2016
Playing Shakespeare: the music of the Bardoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2016
The trees they do grow high: a ballad of medieval arranged marriage?original ↗
13 Feb 2016
The Lyke-Wake Dirge: the revival of an Elizabethan song of the afterlifeoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2016

2015

On the medieval fiddle: a short introduction to the vielleoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2015
The mysteries of the medieval fiddle: lifting the veil on the vielleoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2015
The rebec: a short history from court to streetoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2015
The beautiful Boissart mandore, part 3 of 3: Creating a new mandore inspired by the ‘Boissart’ designoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2015
The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief historyoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2015
Bird on a briar: interpreting medieval notation, with a HIP harp arrangementoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2015
The bray harp: getting a buzz from early musicoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2015
The oud: a short guide to a long historyoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2015
Baroque music: a brief tour of the extravagant last period of early musicoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2015
Music of the renaissance: a whistle-stop touroriginal ↗
15 Jul 2015
The gemshorn: a (necessarily) short historyoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2015
The gittern: a short historyoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2015
The lute: a brief history from the 13th to the 18th centuryoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2015
Medieval music: a quick guide to the middle agesoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2015
Songs that grow like trees: an appreciation of Sydney Carter (1915–2004)original ↗
8 Jul 2015
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 3 of 3: Musicoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2015
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