L'Homme Arm: Music from the Hundred Years' War: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "Folger Consort performed L'Homme Arme: Music from the Hundreds Year War from October 27-29, 1979. Music in the fourteenth century was considered indispensable in all sorts of...") |
No edit summary |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Folger Consort performed L'Homme Arme: Music from the Hundreds Year War from October 27-29, 1979. Music in the fourteenth century was considered indispensable in all sorts of situations. It is not surprising, therefore, that music was an integral part of medieval warfare. This performance highlighted Parisian pieces from the first quarter of the fifteenth century which demonstrate a clear stylistic trend away from complexity for its own sake. | Folger Consort performed L'Homme Arme: Music from the Hundreds Year War from October 27-29, 1979. Music in the fourteenth century was considered indispensable in all sorts of situations. It is not surprising, therefore, that music was an integral part of medieval warfare. This performance highlighted Parisian pieces from the first quarter of the fifteenth century which demonstrate a clear stylistic trend away from complexity for its own sake. | ||
== Artists == | |||
=== Folger Consort === | |||
''Artistic Directors:'' | |||
* Robert Eisenstein, vielle, lute, recorder | |||
* Christopher Kendall, lute, harp | |||
* Scott Reiss, recorders, psaltery, percussion | |||
''Other Members'' | |||
*Ann Monoyios, soprano | |||
*Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano | |||
*Peter Becker, countertenor | |||
*Wendy Gillespie, vielle, lute | |||
*Louise Schulman, vielle, lute | |||
Latest revision as of 14:58, 16 October 2019
Folger Consort performed L'Homme Arme: Music from the Hundreds Year War from October 27-29, 1979. Music in the fourteenth century was considered indispensable in all sorts of situations. It is not surprising, therefore, that music was an integral part of medieval warfare. This performance highlighted Parisian pieces from the first quarter of the fifteenth century which demonstrate a clear stylistic trend away from complexity for its own sake.
Artists
Folger Consort
Artistic Directors:
- Robert Eisenstein, vielle, lute, recorder
- Christopher Kendall, lute, harp
- Scott Reiss, recorders, psaltery, percussion
Other Members
- Ann Monoyios, soprano
- Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano
- Peter Becker, countertenor
- Wendy Gillespie, vielle, lute
- Louise Schulman, vielle, lute