One of the world’s oldest musical societies discusses the role of music in death.
Tag Archives: Middle Ages
The wonders of Gallica: some troubadour and trouvère sources
The online resource Gallica is adding stuff all the time — it’s hard to keep up. This post is about their coverage of some of the main medieval monophonic song books.[NB: now updated to include sources outside Gallica!]
Grammar in the medieval song-school
Learn to read 14thC French music notation
Learn to read 14thC music notation with online tutorials!
Music in the fourteenth century: a short general overview (contains link to full text)
My chapter on the fourteenth century from the Cambridge Companion to Medieval Music, edited by Mark Everist has now been published by Cambridge University Press.
Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician on Radio 3
Radio 3 interview about the publication of my book on Guillaume de Machaut
A collegial colloquy?
My reply to Sarah Fuller’s 2011 attack on my 2006 article about medieval music theory and gender has just been published.
The Sound of Beauty: Darwin Lecture 2011
Dealing with the dangers of music in the Middle Ages.
Elizabeth Eva Leach 