The Earliest European MusicFor those who love the melodies and harmonies of ages past.
This section contains the very earliest surviving music from Western European civilization. Although difficult to locate, we have searched long and hard to offer a broad and varied selection of ancient music. We've tried to find recordings made using the original compositions rather than modern arrangements, and using period musical instruments like those for which the music was written, rather than modern instruments. Some of the remaining music is fragmented into short songs, some is complete. Many of the oldest extant pieces are fragmented poems and some reworked composition has been necessary to ensure continuity. Totally original music before A.D. 1000 is a rarity, especially outside the Catholic church. The music that remains to us is a precious historical illumination of the cultures and thoughts that created and enjoyed it. Whether 9th century Gregorian chants from the time of Charlemagne or Courtly love "chansons" from the Crusader age, these CDs were selected for their high quality authentic re-creations of that original music from |
Welcome to AGES PAST HISTORY SHOP, "Where History Lives!" We hope you will enjoy our newest offerings of 'Early Music'. On these pages you will find the oldest and most varied early European music, selected to please any history lover. By clicking on the links you can listen to samples of various songs from each selection. This is very helpful to anyone who wants to select music, but especially so here, where many of these songs and styles will be unfamiliar to the modern listener. So please sit back and immerse yourself in the wonderfully harmonious sounds of Ages Past.
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La Camerata de Paris: Moyen Age:
1000 Years of Russian Liturgy:
It's Good to be King A variety of marches and music for kings & queens.
This is a book.
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Saints
Frauenlob:
Variations on the themes , Hommage A L'Amour, (Hommage to Love) and Mon Amy (My Love). Performed by Ensemble Renaissance.
The Earliest Songbook in England (Gothic voices-Christopher Page director, Hyperion) - religious and secular, around 1200AD.
The World of Early Music:
Ancient And Monastic
Early Monodic And Polyphonic Chants:
Sung in Latin, French, many madrigals, not ancient, but very pleasing.
Guillaume Dufay: Chansons:
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Love's Illusion
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: Cantigas de Santa María
The Way of the Pilgrim: Medieval Songs of Travel:
...With Joyful Voice
Canticles Of Ecstasy
Symphoniae by Sequentia:
Ordo Virtutum
...Sequentia performing a variety of holiday favorites.
Missa Russica
The Songs Of Kings And Princes Of The Middle Ages:
1000: A Mass for the End of Time:
Jubilee 2000: 2000 Years of Sacred Music:
Close Encounters in Early Music:
Richard the Lionhearted:
The Black Madonna
Music For Joan The Mad:
-in French-
Sung in French, from Russia.
Early Russian Polyphony:
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