@DragonriderEpona

2 years ago

I'm nervous about this playlist... I do study musicology and I'm really into medieval music. So... I hope I can hold myself back to not criticise it. Or at least not too harshly 🙈🙈 But a reminder to everyone: Every piece, song, etc. that we have the notation from that era leads to a interpretation from the performing ensembles. That's because the music tells so little that it's difficult to grasp it. Musicologist and performers have also often times quite different views on how those pieces were performed. Ergo: Everything we describe as "music from the middle ages" is more modern music (because of the interpretation) than probably actually medieval. Edit, after listening: Ok, what ultravclet did with this playlist is that modern compositions from pop cultures were taken. Most of them have a "celtic" approach (rhythm, ormentation, instrumentation that is used in music with a more traditional approach that has it origins in Scotland and Ireland). Which is okay because, as the playlist says, it is to make you feel like being in a tavern. If you go for a more historical apporach, looking for dance music might be the best choice. For Trobador music (1100–1350 AD) dansa, balada, estampida and retroencha are the genres that should work best. Trying to make a playlist in this manner for laymen, I imagine, must be quite difficult and the audience might not like it that much (?) as it sounds very foreign. So I personally think ultravclet's choice of using very modern, fantastic compositions could be an introduction or at least a fun playlist to listen to. Even though it is nowhere close what musicologists and ensembles think might be close to how music was performed 600-1000 years ago. :)

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