Medievalists.net » The Atlakvida (The Lay of Attila) http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Evidence and Intuition: Making Medieval Instruments http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/02/evidence-and-intuition-making-medieval-instruments/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/02/evidence-and-intuition-making-medieval-instruments/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:50:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26090 Evidence and Intuition: Making Medieval Instruments Adelman, Beth Early Music America (Fall 2005) Abstract The Atlakvida (The Lay of Attila), an 8th-or early 9th-century story from the Old Icelandic Edda, contains a description of music performed under the most difficult circumstances: “The living prince they placed in the pit – a crowd of men did it […]

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