Choir practice
Sep. 20th, 2006 11:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frualeydiswas really quiet tonight. Just me, Anna and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
armillary. But that made for a very cosy and nice practice where we focused on learning a new song. It's called Douce Dame as so many other medieval songs and is a jeu-parti (two person debate) from the 12th century on the theme of who is the most worthy lover: a good knight without social skills or an educated, polite and accomplished courtier who's not brave?
Like all music from the 12th century the melody is built in a very different way from music from the later Middle Ages, but we managed to work it out and it sounds lovely. Weird to the unaccustomed ear, but beautiful.
I also borrowed a book today (actually three, but I'm only telling about one). It's called Dressing renaissance Florence - Families, fortunes and fine clothing by Carole Collier Frick. Has any of you read it? I doubt I'll have the time to read it before christmas.
armillary. But that made for a very cosy and nice practice where we focused on learning a new song. It's called Douce Dame as so many other medieval songs and is a jeu-parti (two person debate) from the 12th century on the theme of who is the most worthy lover: a good knight without social skills or an educated, polite and accomplished courtier who's not brave?Like all music from the 12th century the melody is built in a very different way from music from the later Middle Ages, but we managed to work it out and it sounds lovely. Weird to the unaccustomed ear, but beautiful.
I also borrowed a book today (actually three, but I'm only telling about one). It's called Dressing renaissance Florence - Families, fortunes and fine clothing by Carole Collier Frick. Has any of you read it? I doubt I'll have the time to read it before christmas.