I believe I've seen that quoted to support a whole host of performance ideas: intermittent singing and playing (but not both together), intermittent...
I believe that there is iconography to support ensemble playing of various instruments, possibly as old as the Utrecht psalter, or later in the Cantigas de...
As an aside, Timothy McGee's "Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Performer's Guide" is an excellent resource for 12th century and later musical performance. He...
... <sca_bard@...> wrote: Hi, ... Yes, that's a huge difficulty with the Old English stuff as well. It's easy to translate a word as "music" or "singing" ot...
Hi all, Epic poetry was recited in Europe until quite recently. Here's an old recording of a Serbian poet reciting/singing epic poetry in accordance with an...
Well reciting musicalized epic poetry has been my main trade as a storyteller for already 6 years (that is both short and long mind you, considering that the...
... wrote: Hi Patrick, Thanks for all the information and links, they're great. Another oral tradition that is of particular to the list is that of the...
Hi Tim, Wow that's a fascinating thread :-) (although it might sound slightly off topic and obscure, maybe... my apologies...) ... Thanks! You're welcome. ... ...
... wrote: Hi Patrick, ... I'm Australian, so I'm quite adept in the use of the schwa :-) ... mixture ... treasured ... Like the Serbian guslars, Germanic...
... Hi Tim, it didn't - the early Welsh poetry is Welsh by language, not by geographical area. The Gododdin was composed and transmitted in Edinburgh, for the...
So where does this leave the bass lyre. I know that it could be adapted to do some funny and interesting things in a very modern sense, but since at least half...
Hi Simon & Tim ... In fact the exact origin of 'Y Gododdin' among the Breton kingdoms of Britain remains rather uncertain; some scholars (even though they seem...
... wrote: Hi Patrick and Chris, ... was ... I find it quite reassuring that the rules of germanic poetry remained so constant over time. There is almost no...
Hi Tim ... Sadly I don't think this might give us a clue about the actual shape of these ancient Celtic lyres, for early Celtic coins were initially copied...
... Of course I meant: **(it's rather a clue that ancient CELTIC lyres may *not* have looked like GREEK lyres). In general, Celtic coins have very little ...
The rules for Old Norse poetry can be found in the "Prose Edda" by Snorri. Here's one translation online: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/index.htm and...
... Hi Larry, ... Snorri. ... Unfortunately Snorri's Hattatal doesn't really tell us very much. Of course it's interesting to find out the ON technical terms...
... wrote: Hi Brian, ... remained ... one ... The short book in that link really is a great place to start. It has to be said that no two scholars working on...
... wrote: Hi Patrick, ... from ... Do you know how readily the Romans distinguished between bowl lyres and box lyres in their writings, and what the actual...
Hi Brian, There are some very brief introductions to Old English metre on the web. They're not comprehensive enough to allow you to scan a passage of OE...
*(it's rather a clue that ancient CELTIC lyres may *not* have looked like GREEK lyres). In general, Celtic coins have very little figurative value** I'm...
Hi Corwen ... Well I guess this statement is really at once too general and too vague to be discussed, isn't it? (while Greek influence was real at some...
Hi all A quick foray provided me with some additional info on the ancient Celtic lyre which, I think, might be worth sharing... First I found another mention...
... wrote: Hi Patrick, ... from ... Latin... I find it reassuring that the word Amnmianus uses here is /lyrae/. There's great consistency in the use of...
To me the Paule lyre looks a lot like the ones on the coins, though the coins obviously have a very different artistic style. It has the same bowl shaped body,...
Hi Corwen, ... No no no, my mistake! (and my apologies, for it does affect my general argument about lyres... Seems like I have to revize it...) :-( You're ...
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