Medieval Musician

I've been reading Timothy McGee's 'The Sound of Medieval Song' to try to get some insight into the evidence for how a medie...

I've mentioned previously how all the evidence - particularly from pictures (or 'iconography' as the scholars say) - points towa...

So continuing on the theme of what to do in making a multi-instrumental arrangement of a monophonic medieval tune, the next obvious step is ...

So you've decided to use several instruments together to play your monophonic song or dance. Perhaps one instrument will take the lead ...

So what to do when faced with a relatively simple, single line tune , and the intent to perform it instrumentally? This is something we do q...

So it has been a while, but as there still seems to be a few people out there viewing the pages, it seems worth trying to revive this blog.....

So, we attempted the version of Danse de Cleves suggested by Robert Mullally in his new book, and remain unconvinced. It is not completely ...