'Nova Nova!' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' 'News News!!!' & 'The Angel and the Virgin' - English Medieval Carols, Anon., 13th century. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdy, soprano and alto recorders, & hand-bells, with Kenji Mantey and Ami Mantey - vocals. These are two VERY old Christmas Carols, two of the earliest, and both about the Annunciation; Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary. The first really is like a 'Hear-yee, hear-yee, read all about it' call. And that is Kenji calling out the first 'Nova novas.' I use a very simple ensemble as would have been likely used in the 13th Century, and certainly children would have joined in and sung these carols! (I have heard different rhythmic versions of the opening; this is mine.) The second is in slightly more confusing Old English, but can be figured out when you see the words (not sure if hearing them helps?). What a great tune! I think Chaucer has one of his characters singing this tune as he travels to Canterbury in one of his Tales? There is a polyphonic version, but could not track it down, so wrote my own extra part in the style (on the alto recorder after the sung verse). I have always (since I learned these pieces nearly 40 years ago!) played these two together, and I used to always do them on bag-pipes! The hurdy-gurdy is just right. This track is on my Winter CD, recorded about 3 years ago, when Kenji was 9 and Ami 11. Happy holidays!!!
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Showing posts with label Medieval. Show all posts
Friday, January 18, 2013
Daniel Mantey - 'Nova nova' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' - (Medieval Carols)
Daniel Mantey - 'Nova nova' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' - (Medieval Carols) Tube. Duration : 3.55 Mins.
'Nova Nova!' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' 'News News!!!' & 'The Angel and the Virgin' - English Medieval Carols, Anon., 13th century. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdy, soprano and alto recorders, & hand-bells, with Kenji Mantey and Ami Mantey - vocals. These are two VERY old Christmas Carols, two of the earliest, and both about the Annunciation; Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary. The first really is like a 'Hear-yee, hear-yee, read all about it' call. And that is Kenji calling out the first 'Nova novas.' I use a very simple ensemble as would have been likely used in the 13th Century, and certainly children would have joined in and sung these carols! (I have heard different rhythmic versions of the opening; this is mine.) The second is in slightly more confusing Old English, but can be figured out when you see the words (not sure if hearing them helps?). What a great tune! I think Chaucer has one of his characters singing this tune as he travels to Canterbury in one of his Tales? There is a polyphonic version, but could not track it down, so wrote my own extra part in the style (on the alto recorder after the sung verse). I have always (since I learned these pieces nearly 40 years ago!) played these two together, and I used to always do them on bag-pipes! The hurdy-gurdy is just right. This track is on my Winter CD, recorded about 3 years ago, when Kenji was 9 and Ami 11. Happy holidays!!!
'Nova Nova!' & 'Angelus ad Virginem' 'News News!!!' & 'The Angel and the Virgin' - English Medieval Carols, Anon., 13th century. Arranged and performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; hurdy-gurdy, soprano and alto recorders, & hand-bells, with Kenji Mantey and Ami Mantey - vocals. These are two VERY old Christmas Carols, two of the earliest, and both about the Annunciation; Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary. The first really is like a 'Hear-yee, hear-yee, read all about it' call. And that is Kenji calling out the first 'Nova novas.' I use a very simple ensemble as would have been likely used in the 13th Century, and certainly children would have joined in and sung these carols! (I have heard different rhythmic versions of the opening; this is mine.) The second is in slightly more confusing Old English, but can be figured out when you see the words (not sure if hearing them helps?). What a great tune! I think Chaucer has one of his characters singing this tune as he travels to Canterbury in one of his Tales? There is a polyphonic version, but could not track it down, so wrote my own extra part in the style (on the alto recorder after the sung verse). I have always (since I learned these pieces nearly 40 years ago!) played these two together, and I used to always do them on bag-pipes! The hurdy-gurdy is just right. This track is on my Winter CD, recorded about 3 years ago, when Kenji was 9 and Ami 11. Happy holidays!!!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Vox Vulgaris - La Suite Meurtriere - Medieval Music
Vox Vulgaris - La Suite Meurtriere - Medieval Music Video Clips. Duration : 4.42 Mins.
Vox Vulgaris La Suite Meurtriere Vox Vulgaris is or was a Swedish group founded in the end of the 1990s, playing medieval music on instruments like bagpipes and percussion. Their musical dynamic is spanning from fast and loud dance tunes to much more subtle and improvisation-based, sometimes even minimalist, music. They neither want to perform the authentic medieval melodies in a purely "academic" way, nor turning into medievalist rock'n'roll kitsch. Instead, they mean that the only authentic way to approach this early music is in an improvising way, allowing for the musicians' own contemporary influences to shine through without taking over - like musicians have done in all times. Their only studio album was released in 2003 and named "The Shape of Medieval Music to Come" (a reference to both freejazz pioneer Ornette Coleman and the hardcore punk band Refused). After several summers of intense touring and some legendary live shows, at the yearly medieval week on Gotland and similar places, Vox Vulgaris took a break after the summer of 2004. However, in early 2007 they made a grand comeback - in Sibiria, were they got invited to give some concerts for Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society together with their early music ensemble Insula Magica. Since 2002, Vox Vulgaris has consisted of: * Jon Cullblad - Percussion * Max Persson - Bagpipes and percussion * Joel Lindefors - Cister * Rasmus Fleischer - Recorders, rauschpfeife Everyone comes from different musical backgrounds: Joel ...
Vox Vulgaris La Suite Meurtriere Vox Vulgaris is or was a Swedish group founded in the end of the 1990s, playing medieval music on instruments like bagpipes and percussion. Their musical dynamic is spanning from fast and loud dance tunes to much more subtle and improvisation-based, sometimes even minimalist, music. They neither want to perform the authentic medieval melodies in a purely "academic" way, nor turning into medievalist rock'n'roll kitsch. Instead, they mean that the only authentic way to approach this early music is in an improvising way, allowing for the musicians' own contemporary influences to shine through without taking over - like musicians have done in all times. Their only studio album was released in 2003 and named "The Shape of Medieval Music to Come" (a reference to both freejazz pioneer Ornette Coleman and the hardcore punk band Refused). After several summers of intense touring and some legendary live shows, at the yearly medieval week on Gotland and similar places, Vox Vulgaris took a break after the summer of 2004. However, in early 2007 they made a grand comeback - in Sibiria, were they got invited to give some concerts for Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society together with their early music ensemble Insula Magica. Since 2002, Vox Vulgaris has consisted of: * Jon Cullblad - Percussion * Max Persson - Bagpipes and percussion * Joel Lindefors - Cister * Rasmus Fleischer - Recorders, rauschpfeife Everyone comes from different musical backgrounds: Joel ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Daniel Mantey - 'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - (Medieval Carol, English 13th century)
Daniel Mantey - 'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - (Medieval Carol, English 13th century) Tube. Duration : 1.10 Mins.
'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - English anon. 13th century, Medieval Christmas Carol. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; alto and tenor recorders. A Medieval English 'macaronic' Christmas Carol! Macaronic? No, not macaroni, but perhaps a similar etymology? A 'macaronic' song is one in which many languages are used together; rather hodge-podge if you will? This carol uses Latin, French, and English for each verse: in fact each line, in that order, with the fourth line again in Latin. The Choruses (Burdens, as they were then called!) are all in Latin. To save all the confusion, I use two recorders! I do apologize, I am using two Baroque recorders (as pictured in the video) to play a Medieval piece, and we are not entirely sure they might have had a tenor recorder this early, though certainly an alto might have been around (we are always guessing!)? But the sound is right on, and the Pythagorian tuning just as they would have done. What a wonderful composition! Beautiful counterpoint, and such dynamic, complex rhythms!!! The main melody is the one on the bottom. From my WInter CD.
'Novo Profusio Gaudio' - English anon. 13th century, Medieval Christmas Carol. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; alto and tenor recorders. A Medieval English 'macaronic' Christmas Carol! Macaronic? No, not macaroni, but perhaps a similar etymology? A 'macaronic' song is one in which many languages are used together; rather hodge-podge if you will? This carol uses Latin, French, and English for each verse: in fact each line, in that order, with the fourth line again in Latin. The Choruses (Burdens, as they were then called!) are all in Latin. To save all the confusion, I use two recorders! I do apologize, I am using two Baroque recorders (as pictured in the video) to play a Medieval piece, and we are not entirely sure they might have had a tenor recorder this early, though certainly an alto might have been around (we are always guessing!)? But the sound is right on, and the Pythagorian tuning just as they would have done. What a wonderful composition! Beautiful counterpoint, and such dynamic, complex rhythms!!! The main melody is the one on the bottom. From my WInter CD.
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