I’m teaching about ballads on Saturday. The handout is here.
Category Archives: Classes
Instrumental Consort Class
At the Performing Arts Symposium (https://www.facebook.com/events/460186229241494) I’m teaching an instrumental class using these songs:
I will also use these exercises: TuningExercises (case.edu)
Vocal Consort class
At the Performing Arts Symposium (https://www.facebook.com/events/460186229241494) I’m teaching a vocal class using these songs:
Sicut cervus by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f1/Sicut_Cervus_three_page.pdf
Una Sanosa Porfia by Juan del Encina
http://www.twmarsh.net/music/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Una-sañosa-porfía-10-verses.pdf
Listening to Medieval and Renaissance Music
Ever wondered where to start with early music? I have taught music appreciation classes several times called Listening to Renaissance Music and Listening to Medieval Music. These songs will give you a quick overview into the types of early music recordings available. It is more available today than ever before.
The Spotify playlists are Medieval and Renaissance.
Elizabethan Music class notes
I taught a class at King’s College 2016 on Elizabethan Music. These are the songs I used as examples.
| Song | Composer | Year | Album | Artist | Description |
| Vigilate | William Byrd | 1589 | English Renaissance | King’s Singers | Motet for 5 voices, from Cantiones Sacrae. |
| Browning My Dear | Clement Woodcock | 1574 | Elizabethan Consort Music, 1558-1603 | Hespèrion XX, Jordi Savall | Instrumental, string consort |
| Have I Found Her | Francis Pilkington | 1613 | All At Once Well Met: English Madrigals | King’s Singers | Madrigal |
| It fell on a summer’s day | Dr. Thomas Campion, lyrics; Philip Rosseter, music | 1601 | Campion: Elizabethan Songs | Drew Minter countertenor – Paul O’Dette lute | Voice and lute, bawdy song. From “A Book of Ayres”. |
| Tan tara ran tara cries Mars own bloody rapier | Thomas Weelkes | 1608 | Waytes: English Music for a Renaissance Band | Piffaro | Shawms and sackbut, originally a madrigal for 3 voices |
| All as a sea | William Byrd | 1588 | William Byrd: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs, 1588 | Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke | Voice and string consort |
| April is in My Mistress’ Face | Thomas Morley | 1594 | The English Lute Song | Ron McFarlane Lute; Julianne Baird Soprano | Madrigal, Voice and lute |
| If ye love me | Thomas Tallis | 1560 | The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis | The Tallis Scholars | Anthem, 4 part acapella, text from John 14: 15-17 (KJV) |
Discography
I’ve taught a “music appreciation” class a few times to introduce people to Medieval and Renaissance music. For the class, I just play the music and talk about what we are hearing. I selected songs from albums that I especially like, so this is also my recommended list of CDs to purchase.