Play a song in the styles from the 1400s to 1800s

[Inchworm]

That is from these European Music Eras

Renaissance (1400 – 1600)
Baroque (1600 – 1760)
Classical (1730 – 1820)

Just have fun with it. If you know the period and any back story on the piece, feel free to share. :)
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Philippine Madrigal Singers doing "What Matters Most"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU9Tv213Jzw

It's not how long we held each other's hand
What matters is how well we loved each other
It's not how far we traveled on our way
Of what we found to say
It's not the spring you see, but all the shades of green

It's not how long I held you in my arms
What matters is how sweet the years together
It's not how many summertimes we had to give to fall
The early morning smiles we tearfully recall
What matters most is that we loved at all.

It's not how many summertimes we had to give to fall
The early morning smiles we tearfully recall
What matters most is that we loved at all.

What matters most is that we loved at all.
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I wonder if this will take off :P

:hi:

[LynzM]

1. Old-style frailin' banjo...

I love the one you posted! But then, I'm a real sucker for good a cappella music...



The Boatman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJVqo1ip6aI

Julia Delaney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc4DTZ47_Pk

I just discovered this guy last week, he's fantastic, wish he would post more videos!

[Inchworm]

5. Wow!

That second guy reminds me of a quote I heard once about Tony Rice.

"emotionless and almost motionless"

Love it, thanks :)

:hi:

[RainDog]

2. I would, but I'd have to castrate you

to hit those high notes... ;)

[Inchworm]

6. Or a swift kick

:P

[JoDog]

3. Sting singing John Dowland

English Ren/Elizabethan lutist.

Weep You No More Sad Fountains

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yk2T-RdpjvQ

[Inchworm]

7. That was beautiful

It was also cool to follow along with the sheet music.

Woot!

:thumbsup:

[cemaphonic]

25. Dowland is great

Pretty decent performance by Sting too.

[cleofus1]

4. me singing about

republican ben stevens

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4191064&q=hi

i kinda wanted it to sound like a sea chanty...done to the tune of down in a manger

[Inchworm]

8. That was awesome

And the fact it was you doing it made it all the more ..hmm.. awesomer!

:woohoo:

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Theme tune for BBC's Medieval Season

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enxqm85WFxI

[Inchworm]

10. The flute part rawked!

hehe.

:hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

11. Henry VIII's Pastime With Good Company

>Tudor nut< :P :hi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JApax3L1mbo

[Inchworm]

13. Very Renaissance

Thanks :)

Original
translation

Passetyme with gude companye,
Pastime with good company,
I love, and shall until I dye.
I love, and shall until I die.
Gruch who wyll, but none deny,
Grudge who will, but none deny,
So God be pleeyd, thus lyfe wyll I.
So God be pleased, thus live will I.
For my pastaunce:
For my pastance:
Hunt, syng, and daunce,
Hunt, sing, and dance,
My hert ys sett!
My heart is set!
All gudely sport,
All goodly sport,
Fore my comfort,
For my comfort,
Who shall me lett?
Who shall me let?

Youth wyll have nedes dalyaunce,
Youth must have some dalliance,
Of gude or yll some pastaunce,
Of good or ill some pastance.
Companye me thynketh them best,
Company methinks them best,
All thouts and fansyes to dygest.
All thoughts and fancies to digest.
For ydleness,
For idleness,
Ys chef mastres
Is chief mistress
Of vyces all:
Of vices all:
Than who can say,
Then who can say,
But myrth and play
But mirth and play,
Ys best of all?
Is best of all?

Companye with honeste,
Company with honesty,
Ys vertu, vyce to flee.
Is virtue, vice to flee.
Companye ys gude or yll,
Company is good and ill,
But ev'ry man hath hys frewylle.
But every man has his free will.
The best ensyue,
The best ensue,
The worst eschew,
The worst eschew,
My mynd shall be:
My mind shall be:
Vertue to use,
Virtue to use,
Vyce to refuse,
Vice to refuse,
Thus shall use me!
Thus shall I use me!

:applause:

[BlueJazz]

12. Greensleeves written by King Henry of England.

[Inchworm]

15. I whistle this song all the time

I never knew the words until now. I found several versions and this seemed most real to the lyrics/verses I found. It is funny how you can switch and omit a few things to make it seem like a religious song.

Thanks BlueJazz.

:thumbsup:
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Greensleeves said to be written by King Henry VIII of England

Lyrics

Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.

Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.

Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
Now I remain in a world apart
But my heart remains in captivity.

Chorus

I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.

Chorus

If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.

Chorus

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.

Chorus

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EXTRA Verses

Well, I will pray to God on high,
that thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.

My men were clothed all in green,
And they did ever wait on thee;
All this was gallant to be seen,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.

Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
but still thou hadst it readily.
Thy music still to play and sing;
And yet thou wouldst not love me.


:applause:

[VenusRising]

20. Here's a great vocal for Greensleeves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2b1aXMVKLQ

[BlueJazz]

27. Strange enough, I've been playing the song for years as a great...

...Jazz tune. (The Chords in the song are wonderful for improvisation).
I only recently found out it was 500 years old! :)

[CBHagman]

28. Henry VIII was cultured and...

...he did write "Pastime and Good Company." But the word is that he wasn't the composer of "Greensleeves."

Says who? Says the official website of the British monarchy! It even has a Royal YouTube Channel. :wow:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page19.asp

Henry's scholarly interests included writing both books and music, and he was a lavish patron of the arts.

He was an accomplished player of many instruments and a composer. Greensleeves, the popular melody frequently attributed to him is, however, almost certainly not one of his compositions.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Janine Janson plays Bach...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZP05-_J1cqw

The Sarabande from Partita No.2

[Inchworm]

16. Sarabanda sounds just out of reach

You come close to reaching it and yet never do.

It must be a beautiful place. The music is.

:thumbsup:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. I love that she hasn't overly romanticized this piece...

It's really a stunning performance. Glad you like too! :D

[CBHagman]

18. "Just as the Tide Was Flowing"

I have a recording of this by the Cambridge Singers (highly recommended), but while searching on YouTube I found this rather endearing bunch of people:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQvi7L8jUYU

[Inchworm]

21. That was quite a song

I loved it! Loverly story with a happy ending :)

:thumbsup:

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Just As the Tide Was Flowing

One morning in the month of May,
Down by some rolling river,
A jolly sailor, I did stray,
When I beheld my lover,
She carelessly along did stray,
A-picking of the daisies gay;
And sweetly sang her roundelay,
Just as the tide was flowing.

O! her dress it was so white as milk,
And jewels did adorn her.
Her shoes were made of the crimson silk,
Just like some lady of honour.
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown,
Her hair in ringlets hanging down;
She'd a lovely brow, without a frown,
Just as the tide was flowing.

I made a bow and said, Fair maid,
How came you here so early?
My heart, by you it is betray'd
For I do love you dearly.

No more we said, but on our way
We'd gang'd along together;
The small birds sang, and the lambs did play,
And pleasant was the weather.

When we were weary we did sit down
Beneath a tree with branches round;
For my true love at last I'd found,
Just as the tide was flowing.
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:applause:

[CBHagman]

29. You'd probably like "The Dark-Eyed Sailor," too.

The only YouTube version of "The Dark-Eyed Sailor" I could find was a scratchy old recording -- do the search and you'll hear what I mean -- but I can give you an audio sample from the AllMusic website. The disc is The Lark in the Clear Air by the Cambridge Singers, and it's wonderful.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fnfrxqrgld6e

[DarkTirade]

19. Here's something I wrote in sort of a psuedo-renaissance style.

http://www.stickmanltd.com/mymusic/renstyle.mp3

[Inchworm]

22. Dude!

That is awesome!

You should try to sell for video games. Reminds me of those conquer the world type strategy games.

Very neat!

:yourock:

[DarkTirade]

23. That's half the reason I design video games of my own... so I can write soundtracks for 'em.

:)

I've got more general video game style stuff in that directory, http://www.stickmanltd.com/mymusic/

In addition to the MIDI/wavetable stuff, I've just started experimenting with recording samples to add into the midi/wavetable stuff, only one I've got up so far is the kind of background ambient creepy music I was going to use for the Underworld in a game idea I had. http://www.stickmanltd.com/mymusic/underworldtheme-final.mp3

[Inchworm]

24. Cool thanks for the linkys

I started putting these threads in my journal for just this reason. Someone would turn me on to something and it took forever to find it. Now its like BAM.

Thanks!

:woohoo:

[cemaphonic]

26. Monteverdi - Vespers Intro

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G_q0Qvei4pQ&feature=related

Amazing how much mileage he gets out of a single chord in this.

Good thread - I love Renaissance and Baroque music.