Medieval Music

[unknown-user]

I have played the harp for many years, and especially love medieval &

renaissance music.

[unknown-user]

you might want to try the mideivel to modern books by samuel milligan. they are made for intermediate harpist- and are quite fun. (plus, they were made for lever harp so pedal changes are quite rare!) give ’em a try- they’re very very cheap in price (about $4 each)

have fun!

[unknown-user]

Dear Stacy,

I just finished attending my first ever Historical Harp Conference and the harp workshop which followed (courtesy of the Amherst Early Music Festival.) I am a pedal harpist who, like you, has a keen interest in early music–in fact, I did graduate work in that area. I’m currently reading Roslyn Rensch’s “Harps and Harpists,” to get some background knowledge of historical harps. It has been quite helpful, but it probably isn’t the last word on the subject. If you belong to the HHS, try e-mailing them your question. Address your inquiry to Jean Humphreys or Cheryl Fulton (the editor of their journal). If the books they suggest are out of print, look them up on “bookfinder.com” or “half.com” to find a used copy. And please share any info you get with me! I would love to read more, too!

I’m also keen to know what published early music you like the best. Can you recommend a publisher? (I do know about the Deborah Friou works.)

Thanks, and happy (early) harping!

[patricia-jaeger]

Stacy, There are 3 cassettes played by Elena Polonska, historical harpist, and the chamber group La Camerata. As far as I know, there are albums of printed music to go with each of these, though I only have one. They are: The Baroque Harp (CT 2262), The Medieval Harp (CT 2307), and The Renaissance Harp (CT 2314). They are “Vox Turnabout” cassettes, and perhaps you already know about them. It would seem that with the cassettes and the printed music you could do the “home study” yourself, especially since you belong to the Historical Harp Society and can get advice from other members. You are right, it is beautiful music and I hope you succeed in reaching your goal.

[unknown-user]

The Christopher Page books are the best resources I’ve found on Early Music.

[unknown-user]

Check out this book:

http://www.harpa.com/historic.htm

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

I learned about a marvelous book from Cheryl Ann Fulton. It is Neumann’s “The Art of

Baroque Ornamentation”. I recall that it starts off with medieval practice, then continues on

to the baroque era. It should be in university music libraries. (It is a large, expensive

book.)

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Sorry, the title is not quite right. It is “Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music”

by Frederick Neumann, by Princeton University Press. And I just looked at it again, and

found that there really is not much on medieval and renaissance music.

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