The Middle Ages Songs, dances and musical instruments The Middle Ages Songs, dances and musical instruments
€28.00
Book, CD and DVD on medieval songs, music and instruments
The Middle Ages Songs, dances and musical instruments
This publication is apractical responsefor all educators and teachers wishing to work with the music, dances and instruments of the MiddleAges. Fifteen major themesoffer sensitive, multi-disciplinary approaches in relation to the field of Art History.
The repertoire (15 titles with sung version+ playback version), recordedby the Nóra&moyensemble, opens up to the sounds of the era, thanks to the voices and their accompaniment by numerous instruments. Video sequences will enable youtoactively discover the sound performances and playing style of each instrument.
The scores, created by Xavier Terrasa, are accompanied by facsimiles, as well as historical, artistic and scientific references.
The texts, reproduced in their original versions, are supplemented (even those in OldFrench) by theirFrenchtranslations (a total of five languages are used: Latin,French, English, German and Galician-Portuguese). These translations, by Christophe Tellart, are accompanied by pronunciation aids.
The dances, adapted by Catherine Ingrassia to the needs and possibilities of the students, are described "step by step" in one of the chapters of the DVD.
Musical instruments are presented in the form of detailed, abundantly illustrated cards. The DVD's video sequences bring the instruments to life. These presentations benefit from the results of the most recent research undertaken by thearchaeomusicologyassociation, APEMUTAM.
Educational supplements in pdf format,designedby Annick Deyris, offer avenues for exploration and exploitation in a wide range of fields.
In this way, at the crossroads of music, dance, sound and image, this book brings the MiddleAgesto life,providing knowledge and leading readers to develop a genuine interest in this period.
Book + CD + DVD / €28
Ut queant laxis - Kalenda maya (dance) - Ja nuns hons - Or est Baiars (dance) -Laudemus virginem (dance) - Robin par l'ame (dance) - Ce fu en mai (dance) - Sire cuens j'ai viele - Under der Linden - Seignor sachiez - Sing cuccu (dance) - Os que a Santa Maria - Dansse real (dance) - quant je sui mis au retour - Le Roy engloys.
Authors' biographies
Xavier Terrasa He has been performing the musical repertoires of the Western Middle Ages since 1992 as a singer and instrumentalist in ensembles such as La Maurache, Obsidienne , Millenarium, Amadis, Joër....He specializes in the reading of manuscript sources and medieval organology, which he teaches at the Sorbonne - Paris IV. He teaches the history of music in the Middle Ages at various institutions. He lectures at the Musée de la Musique in Paris. He is artistic director of the Instrumentarium de Chartres, a project to restore some 50 musical instruments based on the statuary, paintings and stained-glass windows of Chartres Cathedral.
Annick Deyris Annick Deyris began her career as a teacher, then went on to become the director of a training school. She holds a Master's degree in Teacher Training, and has been a music education consultant in the Val d'Oise for the past 10 years. She is a member of a departmental think-tank whose current preoccupation is to establish the issues at stake and to identify approaches to projects combining artistic disciplines and history. The Middle Ages is the result of this intention, and provides the basis for a continuing education program for school teachers.
Christophe Tellart Alongside his studies of languages (Slavonic, Germanic, Caucasian and ancient languages) and harpsichord (continuo), he specializes in medieval, Baroque and traditional repertoires, in particular hurdy-gurdies, Scottish, Centre-France and medieval bagpipes. He collaborates on programs & recordings with ensembles such as Hespèrion XXI, Le Poème Harmonique, L'Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Paris, L'Orchestre National de Montpellier, L'Arpeggiata, Diabolus in Musica, L'Orchestre Lamoureux, Perceval/Ligeriana, La Camera delle lacrime & Les Lunaisiens, has been a member of the groups Real, Convivencia & Amadis, and performs worldwide. With these and other groups, he has taken part in some forty recordings.
Catherine Ingrassia In 1982, she carried out her first research on medieval dance for her master's degree and doctorate in Art History on the iconography of dance in the Middle Ages at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her encounter with Léon Pressouyre, Claude Gaignebet and Andrea Francalanci transformed her studies into a passion; her research and regular practice led her to perfect her skills and discover many different dance techniques. In 2000, she founded the Morescarole association to guide dancers, musicians and circus performers through her research, experimenting with medieval dance and performance. Her approach to reading dance texts and images brings this repertoire to life, while remaining faithful to the sources. Catherine is a member of the International Dance Council (c/o UNESCO).
