michael sam wild Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) Just out of interest for those keen on the history of music . I listened to a great programme on Radio 4 the other day abot a little book from Winchester Abbey, before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Before the stave and the dots were introduced. It indicated how the plain song , two part chants went and it's been interpreted and sung again. It was probably chants used at the coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Abbey in 1043 ( you can see that depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. It's here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00/y...fore_the_Stave/ Well worth a listen. Lovely sounds and nice link to modal tunes today in the 'English' tradition If it doesn't come up just Google Radio 4 and go to music Edited August 12, 2009 by michael sam wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adey Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Just out of interest for those keen on the history of music . I listened to a great programme on Radio 4 the other day abot a little book from Winchester Abbey, before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Before the stave and the dots were introduced. It indicated how the plain song , two part chants went and it's been interpreted and sung again. It was probably chants used at the coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Abbey in 1043 ( you can see that depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. It's here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00/y...fore_the_Stave/ Well worth a listen. Lovely sounds and nice link to modal tunes today in the 'English' tradition If it doesn't come up just Google Radio 4 and go to music Thanks for the reminder Mike; I couldn't listen at the time and meant to 'listen again', but the memory isn't what it was. Did you catch the programme the other week on ABC and the Village Music Project, 'From Dots to Downloads'? It was excellent. I have an mp3 of it if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) Hi John Was it on Radio 4? If I can't find it I'd be keen on a copy Cheers Mike PS I was very interested in how they linked the music to the Elizabethan revival of 'Englishness' and hence to the work of Tallis and thence to Vaughan Williams' Fantasia etc . Shows the way recorded info can jump the generations and spark significant revivals Edited August 12, 2009 by michael sam wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adey Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Hi JohnWas it on Radio 4? If I can't find it I'd be keen on a copy Mike, Yes, it was on Radio 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan atlas Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 FOLKS: there's lots written on the so-called WINCHESTER TROPERS. . . .some very nice music in there................in fact, if i remember correctly, there's a very nice CD with two masses from that repertory..........Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I was very interested in how they linked the music to the Elizabethan revival of 'Englishness' and hence to the work of Tallis and thence to Vaughan Williams' Fantasia etc . Shows the way recorded info can jump the generations and spark significant revivals I also liked the thought that 'this is the first time that the book has heard itself sung for a thousand years' when they took the Troper back to Winchester and performed some of the music. Although no less an impeccable scientific resource than MythBusters has proved that you can't extract the 'ghosts' of sounds from inanimate objects like books or paintings, I still enjoyed the idea of the 21st Century performances resonating with the 10th Century ones. And that also got me thinking again about how I'd love to know about, and hear, all the other music that has been played on my concertina between it leaving 20 Conduit Street in the 1850s and it arriving in my hands ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan atlas Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 FOLKS: correction -- there is a nice CD. . . but it does not have two masses.................allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3838 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Just out of interest for those keen on the history of music . I listened to a great programme on Radio 4 the other day abot a little book from Winchester Abbey, before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Before the stave and the dots were introduced. It indicated how the plain song , two part chants went and it's been interpreted and sung again. It was probably chants used at the coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Abbey in 1043 ( you can see that depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. It's here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00/y...fore_the_Stave/ Well worth a listen. Lovely sounds and nice link to modal tunes today in the 'English' tradition If it doesn't come up just Google Radio 4 and go to music No longer available on BBC iplayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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