To sing a song
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mmcnealyThis is a cool site, its the Book of Psalms collected into English Metre, originally published in 1562.
http://www.cgmusic.com/workshop/oldver_frame.htm
You may be asking, Ermm... Marion why are you collecting yet another new research subject?
I have been inspired by singing around the lanterns this weekend, yes lanterns, there was a burn ban on so no campfires. I sang along with some of the Irish folk tunes (Poteen (pron. Pucheen) and Follow me up to Carlow) that Baron Fiach was singing, much to his surprise since they are, in his words "Some of the more eccentric ones". My Mom and I used to sing along with these songs when they were on the radio and tapes that we had growing up. Its been over 10 years since I sang either of those songs, yet I remembered every verse once the song got started. I used to sing all the time, doing chores and just being around the house, I can't remember why I stopped. Oh yah, I moved into my grandparents house where quiet was the rule, not singing.
So now I am looking for music, 1500-1600, that would have been sung around the house and the fire, so next time I can sing something for the group that my persona would have sung.
http://www.cgmusic.com/workshop/oldver_frame.htm
You may be asking, Ermm... Marion why are you collecting yet another new research subject?
I have been inspired by singing around the lanterns this weekend, yes lanterns, there was a burn ban on so no campfires. I sang along with some of the Irish folk tunes (Poteen (pron. Pucheen) and Follow me up to Carlow) that Baron Fiach was singing, much to his surprise since they are, in his words "Some of the more eccentric ones". My Mom and I used to sing along with these songs when they were on the radio and tapes that we had growing up. Its been over 10 years since I sang either of those songs, yet I remembered every verse once the song got started. I used to sing all the time, doing chores and just being around the house, I can't remember why I stopped. Oh yah, I moved into my grandparents house where quiet was the rule, not singing.
So now I am looking for music, 1500-1600, that would have been sung around the house and the fire, so next time I can sing something for the group that my persona would have sung.
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how did it go?
Date: 2003-08-25 01:20 pm (UTC)Re: how did it go?
Date: 2003-08-25 01:37 pm (UTC)There were a ton of really cool entries in the Novice catagory, which included anyone who had never been a champion. So I was up against several Laurals, a couple of apprentices, a Baron or two, everybody doing incrediable work. It was really inspiring to see all the different entries.
I will write more about the weekend this afternoon or tonight. ;) Back to work for me.
Re: how did it go?
Date: 2003-08-25 02:05 pm (UTC)Regarding your quest for music, what's your persona's geographic location and economic class?
Re: how did it go?
Date: 2003-08-25 02:34 pm (UTC)I won't even go into how they rigged the Archery competition so that they had the event locked in before it even started!
My persona.... That's a little bit of an issue actually. I love late period 1560-1590's German, mainly because it is so rare, hardly anyone's doing it so its new ground to cover with a fair bit of period documentation, but I can't speak ANY German. LOL Its a project I hope to work on in the future, but not right now.
Feel free to pick this next part to pieces, as I am open to lots of suggestions and comments, including "Never woulda happened!" This persona is not fixed in stone, just this plausible idea (I think) of how I can have an English speaking German in late period.
My persona right now is a German middle class merchant's wife, we have moved to England to escape the religious wars on the mainland and to manage the import/export side of the family textile business in England. We specialize in import of exclusive Italian silks and other such luscious fabrics and baubles into England and then export English goods in exchange.
So, the short answer is, middle class, 1560-1600, south part of England.
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Date: 2003-08-25 02:07 pm (UTC)Elizabethan metrical psalters are my current thing, as part of the prayer service project. Did you know that there's a 1621 edition of the psalter, wiht music by Ravenscroft, online? Google for it, it's on Greg Lindahl's site.
Argh gotta go to anther computer, will continue later.
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Date: 2003-08-25 02:12 pm (UTC)The metrical psalms were sung both in private and in churches. The four-part arrangements are supposedly the ones most used at home.
What is your person exactly? I mean, year and place? Exactly which psalter is right for you will vary on that basis. Most/all of them are available on microfilm, though. Oh and I'm going to be transcribing the musical notation into the modern style if you're not up for reading tenor clef and solfege and stuff.
If you want non-religious stuff, there's a heap of Elizabethan ballads, rounds, etc. Let me know and I'll dig up some references.
K.
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Date: 2003-08-25 02:45 pm (UTC)Clean ballads and songs, ie ones not about sex, are what I am looking for.
South of England, 1570's is what I am leaning towards at the current moment, middle class.
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Date: 2003-08-25 02:17 pm (UTC)I have just started looking into this, having just been inspired by this weekend, so I know nothing of the resources available.
Its been years since I have looked into music outside of singing every Sunday at church.