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More of the Earliest European MusicFor those who love the melodies and harmonies of ages past. 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. 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 |
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Composed By Johannes (Jean) Ciconia and sung in the Latin by Orlando Consort.
The Tale of Sir Eglamore and How He Slew The Wondrous Dragon, and more.
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Performed By Musica Antiqua, Amsterdam.
Composers include Birgitta von Schweden.
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Performed By Martin Best Consort. Early French songs with a rural theme.
Leonin, (or Magister Leoninus) compiled The "Magnus liber" about A.D. 1170, and it was utilized first by the choir of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, still under construction at the time the music book appeared.
Notre Dame Organa De Santa Maria:
Halle: Le Jeu de Robin et Marion (The Play of Robin and Marion):
Read about Adam de la Halle by clicking here.
Awake, Sweet Love:
Composed By Léonin
Performed By Amsterdam Capella. Sung in Latin.
Celtic Solstice:
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A Dance In The Garden Of Mirth:
Mysteria: Gregorian Chants:
Rue Des Jugleors:
Ghosts, Witches & Demons:
Gregorian Chants:
Behold, and See:
Minnesang: The Golden Age:
Guillaume Dufay: Chansons:
Forgotten Provence:
Performed by Clerk's Group.
Miracles:
Music from the time of Richard III:
Tranquility:
Woods, Women and Wine:
Perotin, Leonin and Gregorian pieces of spiritual music.
On The Banks Of The Seine-Music Of The Trouvères:
Léonin: Sacred Music From 12th Century Paris:
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