Medieval Dance Music
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Performer: The Dufay CollectiveEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-08-01
Music Label: Grammercy Records
Soundtracks:
- Danse Real
- Estampie
- Three Ductias
- Three Estampie Reales
- Estampie (Robertsbridge)
- Chominciamento di Gioia
- Lamento di Tristano
- La Rotta
- Danca Amorosa
- Salterello
- La Manfredina
- Salterello (number two)
Music reviews of Medieval Dance Music
Music Review: I am quite happy with it...
Rating: 5 Stars
I have been quite happy with my purchase of this CD. I am a fan of a lot of old European folk music and found this to be a delightful listening experience. The other fellow mentioned it had no liner notes... Perhaps he got an early pressing of the CD or something because mine has liner notes. They did not present a full detailed history of every song or anything, but then again it's an album of music not a musical history book!
They list all the performers, and all the instruments they play on the album as well as giving a little background info on Medieval music in general. For instance mentioning how few authentic songs exist from the period, even though dance music was known to be very widely played. It is quite possible that many/most of the composers are not even known. Half the Jazz, Blues, and folk standards writers are either disputed or unknown so how can we be fussy about not knowing who wrote a song 10 times as long ago! If you're that interested in the back story just google it and you'll have more to read than you'd ever want to anyway.
As for the music itself, as I mentioned: terrific. Everything is played wonderfully on authentic instruments by the Dufay Collective. They are widely recognized as being one of the preeminent early music groups in the world. They do a great job on this album, which supports that their reputation is deserved.
In summary: Great album for fans of Medieval European music. Great sound quality, and played very well. If you want a musical history lesson buy a book not an album!
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Description of Medieval Dance Music
Medieval literature abounds with references to dancing, yet less than fifty dances are documented before 1400 A.D. and still survive today. Much of the music performed by medieval minstrels was improvised and often performed with a combination of instruments such as the oud (lute)and the rebec which were introduced to Europe by Arabs as early as the 8th century. By Drawing on tradition and reproduced using combinations of reconstructed medieval instruments and eastern instruments virtually unaltered since the middle ages, the aim of this album is to recreate the essence of medieval dance music and the exciting art of the medieval minstrel.Styles CDs
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