Music and Magic in Le Bel Inconnu and Lybeaus Desconus
Music and Magic in Le Bel Inconnu and Lybeaus Desconus Zaerr, Linda Marie Medieval Forum Vol.4 (2004) The thirteenth-century Old French Le Bel…
The Horse, the Clerk and the Lyric: The Musicography of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
The Horse, the Clerk and the Lyric: The Musicography of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries By Mark Everist Journal of the Royal Musical Association,…
Performing Medieval Music
Performing Medieval Music By Sam Barrett Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 130:1 (2005) Synopsis: Review article that examines the recent books: Performer’s…
New polyphonic fragments from 15th-century Spain: a preliminary report
New polyphonic fragments from 15th-century Spain: a preliminary report By Tess Knighton Early Music, Vol. 32:2 (2004) Synopsis: The discovery of fragments of…
The Spanish plucked viola in Renaissance Italy, 1480-1530
The Spanish plucked viola in Renaissance Italy, 1480-1530 By Hiroyuki Minamino Early Music, Vol. 32:2 (2004) Synopsis: During the last two decades of the 15th century and the…
Portuguese Crypto-Jewish Ballads: A Passagem do Mar Vermelho and A Pedra Mara
Some New Christians managed to escape abroad, founding Jewish communities in Bordeaux, London, Amsterdam, and other cities (Azevedo 359-430). With the union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns (1580-1640), the number of those who moved to Spain and its American colonies was so great that the word “Portuguese” became practically synonymous with “Jew.”