Comments | iarroganti: Musical help needed

iarroganti

Musical help needed

Mar 04, 2010 17:08

After observing an Acadamie della'Spada class in Seattle, I have remembered a recommendation I heard years ago ( Read more... )

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iarroganti March 8 2010, 13:29:01 UTC

POssibly. I think Shakespeare in Love may have something. Though I think most soundtracks are set for the modern ear. Unfortunately, I don't know enough to just which ones are good and which ones aren't.

pied_piper70 March 5 2010, 00:12:37 UTC

Palestrina, de Rore...

You should try searching for Renaissance lute music, much of which was composed in Italy and Spain (which later saw the development of the early guitar)...

Here's one I found:

http://www.amazon.com/Renaissance-Lute-Music-Orlande-Lassus/dp/B000H6SUEK

Here's a video example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3fBBbLCWc

iarroganti March 8 2010, 13:27:55 UTC

Thanks.

Here is the website for Azam Ali,the singer I mentioned at Marscon.

http://www.azamalimusic.com/main.php

Her other bands were Vas and Niyaz.

queeninnarnia March 5 2010, 03:05:03 UTC

Let me introduce you to the walking encyclopedia of medieval music cecilia_cantrix. Cecilia was the bard of Nordskogen two years ago. A former Nordleighite, she is currently studying chant in Ireland. If you message her on LJ, she'll probably respond in a few days.

sageincave March 5 2010, 03:30:23 UTC

This is such a beautifully geeky post. :) Sorry I don't have any recs for you.

Also queeninnarnia March 15 2010, 07:03:05 UTC

check out http://magnatune.com/genres/classical/

They have a good selection of medieval music and you can listen to entire albums for free.